McCune v. State

240 S.W.2d 305 (1951)

McCUNE

v.

STATE.

No. 25020.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 14, 1951.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1951.

George H. Trenary, Charles J. Murray, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Stewart W. Hellman, Criminal Dist. Atty., W. H. Tolbert, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., and John E. McLean, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape by force; the punishment, death.

After an evening of drinking and after being refused the privilege of taking one of the girls home, appellant by chance, it seems,…