RHYNES v. STATE

No. 44859.

479 S.W.2d 70 (1972)

Doc RHYNES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Winston, Odessa, for appellant.

John Green, Dist. Atty., and J. A. (Jim) Bobo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Odessa, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of rape. Punishment was assessed by a jury at twenty years.

Initially, appellant contends that since a doctor testified that there was "no evidence of rape or intercourse" the uncorroborated testimony of the complaining witness is insufficient to support the conviction.

The record reflects that the fifty-seven year old prosecutrix...

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