Watts v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, life.

Trial was had and notice of appeal perfected prior to January 1, 1966.

The prosecutrix, a 27 year old secretary, housewife and mother of two children aged 2 and 6, identified appellant as the family friend who, after a telephone conversation in which he was informed that her husband, who often worked at night, was not at home, forced his way into her apartment and with a pistol pointed toward her and against her head forced her to have sexual relations with him.

Appellant testified that he was at his home in another section of…