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Preston v. State

Citations

  • 242 S.W.2d 436
  • 157 Tex. Crim. 228
  • 1951 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1843

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  • corpus delicti proven under facts that victim was attacked and knocked out, awoke in the bushes with \soreness in her female organs\ and a physician found a grass \`between one and two inches deep in her privates'\
  • corpus delicti proved under facts that victim was attacked and knocked out, awoke in the bushes with “soreness in her female organs” and a physician found a blade of grass “ ‘between one and two inches deep in her privates’ ”

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Judges: Woodley, Davidson

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