Powell v. State

OPINION

in which KELLER, P.J., WOMACK, KEASLER, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN J.J., joined.

A jury convicted appellant of indecency with a child and sentenced him to fifteen years confinement. The Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction after deciding that the trial court abused its discretion to admit extraneous offense evidence. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

During its case-in-chief, the prosecution presented evidence from the young female complainant that appellant sexually molested her on numerous occasions in appellant’s living room while appellant’s daughters and others…