Legal Opinion

Dreher v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 27, 1949No. 24354PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for rape by force; the punishment, five years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

According to the testimony of the prosecutrix, who lacked one day of being sixteen years of age, appellant went to the home of her mother, with whom she lived, and, under the guise of hiring prosecutrix as a baby sitter, induced her to get in the automobile with him. Appellant then drove into the country, removed her underclothing, and, while exhibiting a pistol, engaged by force in two acts of sexual intercourse with her, after which he returned prosecutrix to town. Prosecutrix…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. France v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
  2. Turman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Nicholas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. FosterHawaii Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Franks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. O'Conner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. State v. FosterHawaii Supreme Court · 1960

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