Willis v. State

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant was charged by information filed by the prosecuting attorney with the crimes of rape and incest, alleged to have been committed by having sexual intercourse1 with his 15-year-old daughter forcibly and against her will. He was convicted of rape and his punishment fixed by the jury at life imprisonment- in the penitentiary.

The'first three assignments of error alleged in the motion for a new trial challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. The State’s principal reliance for conviction is based on the testimony of the prosecuting witness,…