Richardson v. State

Appellant-defendant, an indigent on this appeal, but not at the trial level, was indicted for rape. A jury convicted him and fixed his punishment at fifty years imprisonment.

The alleged offense had its origin when appellant, standing in the road, waved the victim to stop. She obeyed under the impulse that he was stopping her because of road construction. He forcibly intruded into the automobile and directed the victim to drive to an isolated spot where the alleged rape occurred.

Appellant first proceeded to perform oral sex on the victim. He next proceeded to insert his penis in her vagina.…