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73 Tex. Crim. 633

166 S.W 1168

Lafoon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 29, 1914

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1914-04-29

<p>Rape—Excessive Punishment—Sufficiency of the Evidence.</p> <p>Where, upon trial of rape, the punishment is within the limit fixed by the Legislature, the same is not excessive, and the evidence being sufficient to sustain the conviction, there is no reversible error.</p> <p>[Rehearing denied May 27, 1914.—Reporter.]</p>

Decided 1914-04-29

HABPBB, Judge.

¶1 Appellant was convicted of statutory rape, and his punishment assessed at nine years confinement in the State penitentiary.

¶2 There are no bills of exception in the record in regard to the introduction of testimony, and the only grounds in the motion allege the insufficiency of the testimony, and that the punishment is excessive. The punishment is within the limits fixed by the Legislature for this character of offense, and is, therefore, not excessive. It appears that Bosa *634 Lee Finch is certainly under the age of fifteen years, and she swears positively to an act of intercourse. Appellant is a grown man, and under such circumstances, if the jury believed the testimony offered in behalf of the State, as they evidently did, we are not surprised at the punishment inflicted.

[Rehearing denied May 27, 1914.—Reporter.]

¶3 The judgment is affirmed.

¶4 Affirmed.

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