Rivera v. State

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

In a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the offense of rape. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 21.02 (1974 and Supp.1982). Punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for eight years.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to properly charge the jury as to the elements of rape, and in including in the judgment the date that the offense occurred. We will overrule appellant’s grounds of error and affirm the judgment of conviction.

Appellant argues that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the law…