Legal Opinion

Rodrigues v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 6, 1957No. 29193PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The offense is rape; the punishment, 25 years. made an assault upon the prosecutrix who made an assault upon the prosecutrix who was under 18 years of age, and did ravish and have carnal knowledge of her, she not being his wife.

The prosecutrix testified that she did not consent to the act of intercourse, while appellant denied the act.

In his charge to the jury, a conviction was authorized upon a finding that appellant obtained carnal knowledge of the girl with or without her consent, she being under 18 years of age and not being his wife.

The evidence established the age of the prosecutrix as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stewart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
  2. Norman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Graves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Nixon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Edworthy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Nixon v. EppsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. Roddy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Morrow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

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