Hall v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is rape. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support and sustain his conviction for the offense of rape by force and threats.

The State’s testimony, briefly stated, shows that on the day in question appellant and prosecutrix met at a picnic, at Pine Grove, where a great number of people had assembled. He took her for a ride in his pick-up car. He drove to the town of Henderson where they picked up another young couple, and from there they drove out on…