Jones v. State

OPINION

KEITH, Commissioner.

The jury found appellant guilty of rape by force and the court assessed his punishment at confinement for ten years. There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.

Sometime around 2 a. m., July 28, 1972, prosecutrix was raped in a bedroom of her home in Houston. Immediately thereafter she managed to elude her attacker long enough to run into a bathroom adjoining her bedroom. With a bright light burning in the bathroom, she' testified that she had a good look at her attacker, observing that he had bruised lips, was wearing an earring, and had a large scar…