Mullins v. State

DAVIDSON, Pbesiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape and the jury assessed his punishment at fifteen years in the penitentiary.

The case involves three major propositions: one of insanity, second, the evidence does not show he was guilty of rape, and, third, that the court erred in not charging the jury that if they believed the statement in appellant’s confession, introduced by the State, they would acquit of rape.

Appellant sought.a continuance on account of the absence of several witnesses to sustain his plea of insanity. We deem it unnecessary to discuss this question in view of a…