Torres v. State

331 S.W.2d 929 (1959)

Jessie TORRES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30823.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 16, 1959.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1960.

Arthur L. Lapham, Victoria, Fly & Moeller, by Wm. F. Moeller, Victoria, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape by force; the punishment, life.

The court in submitting the case to the jury made appellant's guilt depend solely upon their finding that he was acting as a principal with Ted Vargas in commission of the offense charged.

The prosecutrix, 17…