Case Name: MERKEL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1949-12-14
Citations: 225 S.W.2d 183
Docket Number: No. 24547
Parties: MERKEL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 225
Pages: 183–184

Head Matter:
MERKEL v. STATE.
No. 24547.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 14, 1949.
None on appeal for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was indicted for rape of Kathrine Hapak, a little girl three years of age, but the trial resulted in a conviction for as sault with intent to rape, punishment being assessed at 10 years in the penitentiary.
No bills of exception appear in the record. The State's case, in the main, was made out by the testimony of the little girl's six-year-old brother, and of a physician who examined the little girl shortly after the assault.
It would add nothing to the jurisprudence of the State to set out the sordid details of the facts upon which the State relies for a conviction. It is sufficient to state that they support the verdict and judgment.
Appellant's evidence raised the issue of alibi, which was properly submitted to the jury, but decided adversely to appellant.
The judgment is affirmed.