Whitley v. State

Jenkins, Justice.

The undisputed testimony in this record showed, and the statement of the defendant on trial did not deny, *178that a rape as alleged was committed by the person who was jointly indicted but not tried with this defendant. While there was testimony for this defendant, besides his statement to the jury, going to show that he did not in any way participate in the crime, and was not even present in the house where it occurred, his conviction was authorized by the corroborated testimony of the alleged victim that while the other defendant was forcibly removing her clothes, this…