Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Bobby Dan Wisdom, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

April 23, 19861986 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1256

Summary

The Court reversed the trial court and Court of Appeals judgments, holding that rape is a crime of violence per Texas law, that a prior rape conviction cannot be used both to prove an essential element and to enhance the same offense, and that the State presented sufficient evidence that the prior rape was a violent felony; the case was remanded for further proceedings.