Knox v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a rape conviction where the jury assessed the punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 1,001 1 years.

At the outset, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. The court submitted the case to the jury on rape by force and rape by threats. A general verdict was returned.

The prosecutrix, a 25-year old divorcee, testified she met the appellant on June 29, 1969 at the swimming pool of the apartment complex where they both resided in the City of Dallas; that she saw him briefly…