Purkey v. State

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

This appeal is brought on two (2) grounds of error from an aggravated rape conviction wherein punishment was assessed at ninety-nine (99) years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The first ground of error raises the issue of whether or not identification of a de fendant by name only is sufficient to sustain a conviction. Specifically, appellant is contending that without an in court identification, such as pointing at appellant or describing his attire, the evidence is insufficient to establish that appellant’s identity is one and the same as that of the alleged…