Torres v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for rape by force; the punishment, life.

The court in submitting the case to the jury made appellant’s guilt depend solely upon its finding that he was acting as a principal with Ted Vargas in commission of the offense charged.

The prosecutrix, 17 years of age, her male companion, and another girl and her male companion, parked their car by the roadside about 11:30 P.M. and walked down on a creek. Shortly thereafter, appellant and six companions, all Latin-Americans, arrived, parked their car nearby, scratched the body of the parked car, tore off its antenna,…