Dorsey v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of the offense of burglary of a habitation in Dallas County. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 30.02(a)(1).1 The jury assessed punishment at 25 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed. Dorsey v. State, 685 S.W.2d 763 (Tex.App.-Dallas 1985). We affirm.

*209In the early morning hours of December 5, 1983, M.L.T., the complaining witness, was awakened by a man jumping on her bed. She was raped at knife point. After her attacker left, she called police and…