Vessels v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, death.

The appellant presents five grounds of error in his brief urging reversal.

In his motion for new trial filed November 8, 1966, appellant alleged in paragraph 7:

“The defendant would show to the court that there has been new testimony material to the defendant’s defense which has been discovered since the time of the trial.”

In his amended motion for new trial filed December 22, 1966, appellant alleged, in paragraph II:

“That since the Trial of the Defendant was concluded on the 28 day of October, 19 hundred and 66, there has…