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- Title: Willie Clarence Stephenson v. State Texas
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 23, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged; therefore a detailed recitation of the facts is not necessary. The relevant facts will be discussed as they apply to the various ten grounds of error. Suffice it to say that the prosecutrix testified that on February 15, 1971, she and her husband were awakened by appellant in a trailer park where they were staying. She stated that appellant raped her while holding a pistol in one hand and a shotgun in the other. Her husband was forced to remain on the floor beside the bed with his head on a chicken crate during the assault. The prosecutrix identified appellant as her assailant, both at a lineup and at trial. Certain items of clothing obtained from appellants house were introduced in evidence. Lint from the clothing was compared with lint from the blankets on the prosecutrix bed and was found to be "visually and chemically alike." Also introduced was a piece of paper which the prosecutrix testified fell from her assailants pocket. A handwriting expert testified that the writing on the paper matched the handwriting of appellants half-brother, whom a state witness testified the appellant had visited in the Harrison County Jail. An inmate of the jail testified that he had witnessed a note being passed between appellant and his half-brother. The pistol and shotgun allegedly used by appellant were never found.
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