Lankston v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was charged in separate counts of a single indictment with Aggravated Sexual Assault and Indecency with a Child. He was convicted of both counts in one trial, and his punishments were assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for ninety-nine years and twenty years, respectively. On appeal he complained, among other things, that the trial judge had erroneously received hearsay into evidence over his objection. The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that Appellant's trial objection was too general to preserve the point for…