Tyler v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape, his punishment being assessed at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant, among other things, contends that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the conviction. The girl, who at the time of the trial was eighteen years of age and beyond seventeen at the time of the alleged offense, testified that appellant, who was her father, in the absence of her stepmother, late in the evening took her into a room and forced her to comply with his wishes, and threatened to kill her if she ever told of the occurrence. This occurred…