Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 17, 1967No. 40347PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Rape; the punishment, twenty-five (25) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

*934Appellant’s sole ground of error is the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The complaining witness, a widow, 63 years of age, testified she lived alone at 216 West Main in Dallas, Texas; that on February 2, 1966, at approximately 3 P.M., she was raking debris in her yard when the appellant, whom she identified in Court, stopped in her yard and started petting her dog, a German Shepard, which was chained in the yard. When appellant ignored her…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Killingsworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  2. Canova v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Todd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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