Townsend v. State

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of two counts of indecency with a child, each count involving a different child. After the jury’s verdict, the court assessed appellant’s pun ishment at five years confinement on each count.

In a single point of error, appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting evidence of extraneous offenses involving similar sexual conduct with third parties.

A brief recitation of the facts is necessary to a discussion of this point of error.

The two 12-year-old complainants were neighbors of appellant. On March 11, 1988,…