Ramos v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for rape; punishment, life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

From the state’s standpoint appellant and another stopped a 14 year old girl on her way home from school; appellant, at the point of a pistol, compelled her to submit to an assault in which he had carnal knowledge of her. Appellant’s defense was that of an alibi, he introducing several witness who located him, on the day of the alleged assault, at another and different place. This defense was fully and adequately submitted to the jury by the trial court. The girl in question made out a case of rape by…