Wilson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1DissentDally, Judge
The complainant, who was five feet four inches tall and a ninth grade student on December 1, 1975, the day the offense was committed, lived with her mother and sisters at Clayton Homes in Houston.
The appellant and two others assaulted the complainant, carried her, while she was fighting and screaming, to an area near some warehouses and box cars. All three raped the complainant, who said she had a good opportunity to see the appellant’s face while he was on top of her. She had never before seen the appellant and did not know his name.
About one week after she was raped the complainant was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Laws v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Wheeler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Briscoe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926