Legal Opinion
Clay v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 5, 1975No. 49250PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVIS, Commissioner.
Appeal is taken from a conviction for rape. Punishment was assessed by the court at twenty-five years.
At the outset, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction in that there is no showing that there was penetration by appellant’s sexual organ.
Appellant argues that the prosecutrix did not testify that penetration was achieved by appellant’s privates and that her testimony was just as consistent with the hypothesis that penetration was had with a screwdriver or with appellant’s fingers.
The record reflects that on April 13, 1973, the…
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3Cited by68 opinions
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