Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 31, 1970No. 43355PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for rape where the punishment assessed by the jury was 50 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. Suffice it to say the State’s *579evidence reflects that while the prosecutrix and her boyfriend were in Benbrook Park in Tarrant County in the early morning hours of July 6, 1969, they were attacked and robbed by the appellant and two other Negro men. The prosecutrix identified the appellant as the man who removed her clothing and raped her.

Initially, the appellant complains of the introduction of a photograph which he claims…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. John Franklin Burns v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  5. De La Rosa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Sneed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Heredia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Lanham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. Daniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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