Sralla v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Williamson. Tried below before the Honorable James R. Hamilton. Appeal from a conviction of rape upon a female under the age of consent; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.
The prosecutrix acquiesced in the act of intercourse. At the time she was over fifteen but under eighteen years of age. According to her testimony, following the first act of intercourse there were many others. The date of the first act became an important element. In her original testimony she fixed the date in June, 1922, claiming that she did not know the exact date but that it was during that month. According to her best recollection, it was upon the 8th of that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Pinkerton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Galaviz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Petty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Bayless v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Vasquez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942