Fortson v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of rape. The punishment was assessed by a jury at life.

The record reflects that on August 12, 1970, at approximately 12:30 A.M., the appellant approached two high school girls as they were driving away from an apartment house driveway. The girls were in a small foreign car and had their windows open. Appellant ran up to the window of the car, placed a knife at the driver’s throat, forced her to admit him into the car, and then, by threats to kill her as he held the knife to her throat, directed her to drive to a park. As they…