Render v. State

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice LANG.

This case is now before us on the State’s motion to publish and Appellant’s petition for discretionary review to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Pursuant to rules 47.2(b) and 50 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we withdraw our opinion on March 19, 2010. This is now the opinion of the Court.

Following a plea of not guilty, appellant Nathan Nathaniel Render was convicted by a jury of continuous sexual abuse against a child younger than fourteen years of age during a period of at least thirty days. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.02 (Vernon Supp.2009). Punishment…