Willis v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal follows a rape conviction under Article 1183, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., where punishment was assessed by the jury at forty years confinement. Appellant raises nine grounds of error. We affirm.

Grounds of error one, two, and three are directed toward the action of the trial court in dismissing a witness subpoenaed on behalf of appellant. Appellant claims such action constitutes an abuse of discretion and argues further that the trial court erred in refusing to grant an attachment for the absent witness and erred in overruling appellant’s motion for continuance based on…