Carnathan v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for indecent fondling of a person under the age of fourteen years. The punishment was assessed by the jury at five years.

Initially appellant complains that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the conviction.

The record reflects that in the summer of 1969, Michael Thompson and his friend, Cliff Slaughter, both eight years old went to appellant’s home to watch him work on an airplane. They were all neighbors. At that time, the appellant exposed himself and fondled the Thompson boy and then the Slaughter boy. Thompson, the…