Roddy v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of rape. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

Appellant alleges ten grounds of error; the tenth challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and will he discussed first.

The record reflects that the prosecutrix together with two of her girl friends and their brother were at the Fair Park in Dallas on the evening of June 6, 1971. At approximately 10:30 P.M. one of the girls met Michael Sims, an acquaintance, who offered to take them home. Sims was accompanied by three other men: Don Waller, Jessie Sims 1 and the appellant.

The…