Hemphill v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of rape. The jury was qualified on the death penalty; the punishment was assessed at 800 years.

Appellant alleges two grounds of error. First, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

The record reflects that on October 30, 1969, at approximately 9:30 P.M., prose-cutrix and her boyfriend were sitting in a parked car near the Farrington Football Field, in Fort Worth (where they had attended a high school football game). Appellant came up on the driver’s side, opened the door, and at gunpoint demanded money from…