Keeton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the offense of rape, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of forty years.. Appellant presents three grounds by separate bills of exception upon which he relies for a reversal of this case. The. first ground of complaint is that the State was permitted to prove its case by circumstantial evidence when it had the girl upon whom the alleged offense was committed present in court and declined to offer her as a witness. We know of no rule in law which requires the State to offer testimony which it believes…