DORSEY v. STATE

No. 38984.

398 S.W.2d 562 (1966)

Robert Earl DORSEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 2, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe E. Turner (Appointed on Appeal Only), Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, James C. Brough and Carol S. Vance, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of rape. He was found guilty by a jury, and his punishment assessed at 50 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant and his counsel in open court expressly waived confrontation of witnesses.

The state introduced into evidence the sworn affidavits of Gladys Mae Washington, the 12-year-old prosecutrix, and Richard Jones, stepfather of the prosecutrix...

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