Hurt v. State

480 S.W.2d 747 (1972)

Hubert HURT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 44451.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 31, 1972.

Paul Lyle, Plainview (appointed by the Court), for appellant.

Tom Hamilton, Dist. Atty., Plainview, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for assault with intent to rape. Trial was before a jury, which assessed punishment at confinement for 45 years.

Appellant raises five grounds of error. In his first ground of error, he contends that the trial…