Easley v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for rape by force with the punishment assessed at life.

The record reflects that at approximately 10:30 p. m. on October 2, 1967, the prose-cutrix and her 7 year old daughter were preparing to go to bed in their one bedroom apartment in the City of Dallas. The prose-cutrix’s husband, a taxi driver, was working the- night shift on October 2 and was not expected to come home until the early morning hours of October 3, 1967.

After putting her daughter to bed, the prosecutrix, who was wearing only a slip, lay down on her bed and dozed off. She…