Legal Opinion

Billings v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 16, 1936No. 18641PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is rape by force; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 25 years.

Anna Kostal, prosecutrix, testified, in substance, as follows: Monica Kneupper and the witness met appellant and W. M. Smith at the Tourist Club in the City of San Antonio, where they danced until midnight. Leaving the club, they accepted the invitation of appellant and Smith to take them home in appellant’s automobile. After taking Monica Kneupper and Smith home, appellant drove out a country road. The witness demurred to no avail. Appellant stopped the car and attempted to fondle her…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dodson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  2. Rucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Rucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Sherman Louis Houston v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1992

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