Keck v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Montague. Tried below before the Honorable C. R. Pearman. Appeal from a conviction of rape; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of election by State: Dodd v. State, 201 S- W. Rep., 1016, and cases cited in opinion. Cited: Lee v. State, 162 S. W. Rep., 843; Serop v. State, 154 id., 557.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, PRESIDING Judge.
The judgment condemns appellant to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five.years for the offense of rape.
The statute defining the offense makes penal carnal knowledge of a female under the age of eighteen years, with or without her consent. Penal Code, Art. 1063; Acts of 35th Leg., 4th Called Session, Chap. 50.
In the indictment, the age of the female was charged to have been under fifteen years. There was no error in refusing to quash the indictment. Young v. State, 89 Texas Crim. Rep., 230, 230 S. W. Rep., 414. According to the State’s proof, the female…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bader v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Batchelor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
- Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Stone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Ellis Kennedy Douthit v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976