Jones v. State

HALL, Justice.

A jury found appellant Michael Dean Jones guilty of the offense of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit rape, and assessed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of seven and one-half years. The evidence supports the conviction, and appellant does not assert otherwise. It shows that soon after midnight on Monday, June 8, 1981, appellant broke into the house occupied by the victim alone in the City of De Leon, Comanche County, Texas, entered the bedroom where the victim was sleeping, and attempted to rapé her. By fighting and screaming, the…