Gorman v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, seventy (70) years.

Appellant claims that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. He contends that the evidence fails to show a lack of consent and that the record shows, as a matter of law, that the prosecutrix offered no resistance.

The prosecutrix testified that Olin Fowler approached her car and told her that he had a knife and that appellant was nearby with a gun and would kill her if she did not move over and let him drive. She further testified that she lay down, pursuant to Fowler’s instructions, while he drove…