McIntyre v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

Appellant’s plea of guilty was amply supported by the positive testimony of the prosecutrix and appellant’s confession, the voluntary nature of which is not questioned. It was shown that appellant entered a farm house in the absence of prosecutrix’s husband and there, by force and by threats to kill, had carnal knowledge and committed an act of sodomy upon her.

Appellant did not testify in his own behalf but called his mother and his uncle, who established that he had never before been convicted of a felony.

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