Goodrich v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for aggravated rape. The jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at confinement for life. Appellant raises ten grounds of error; he alleges improprieties regarding voir dire, the “Gaskin Rule”, jury argument, and the admission of certain evidence. Appellant’s grounds have no merit; we affirm.

On October 18, 1982, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the prosecutrix was awakened by an intruder. She had been sleeping in her living room when a man grabbed her right arm and twisted it behind her back. When she screamed, her attacker threatened to…