White v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for statutory rape; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The record reflects that appellant, twenty-eight years of age, went to the home of prosecutrix, fifteen years of age, at approximately nine o’clock in the evening on the pretext of taking her to get a dog. The mother of prosecutrix gave her permission to go with appellant provided she returned within fifteen minutes. Instead of going for the dog, appellant drove to a country road near Electra and stopped. Prosecutrix tried to escape, but appellant caught her by the hair, twisted her arm and forcibly…