Hampton v. State

The appellant was convicted of the crime of rape. The commission thereof and the identification of the appellant as one of three men by whom the offense was perpetrated were shown by clear and positive evidence'. In addition thereto, in course of the jury trial, the state introduced into evidence, over objection of the appellant-defendant, a letter (proved to have been written by him in jail) addressed to another person held in the jail. The contents of the letter were as follows:

“Hey man, remember what I was telling you about Bubble gum, Jap and Nut. Don’t say nothing about it, okay? Because…