Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 27, 1974No. 47428PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner,
Appellant was convicted of rape. His punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.
The record reflects that on the night of May 21, 1972, the prosecutrix went to her sister’s house, 1005 East Scott, in Gaines-ville, which was unoccupied because prose-cutrix’s sister was vacationing. The prose-cutrix was accompanied by her seven-year-old grandson. After putting her grandson to bed, she sewed and watched television until almost 2:00 A.M. at which time she heard a bumping noise. She went into the bedroom to check on her grandson. While leaving the bedroom and as she…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Janecka v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Montoya v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Dugard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
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