Lasher v. State

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

A jury convicted Mark Lasher of aggravated sexual assault of a child and assessed a forty-five year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine. Asserting five issues, Lasher appeals. We will affirm.

Lasher was indicted with sexually assaulting his seven-year-old niece, A.G., in November 2000. A.G. made an outcry to an aunt, who reported the assault to Child Protective Services, and A.G. was taken to a child’s advocacy center, where AG.’s interview by Nick Canto, a forensic interviewer, was videotaped.

Before trial in June 2002, the State filed a motion to allow the videotaped…