Johnson v. State

JUNELL, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of injury to a child pursuant to TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.04 (Vernon Supp.1982-1983). Appellant pled not guilty. The jury found him guilty, and the court assessed punishment at thirty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

Appellant lived in a two-bedroom apartment with Betty Rose Bankhead and her three minor children, one of whom was the victim, five-year-old Lakeasha Bankhead.

On January 20,1983, Ms. Bankhead went to the home of a Reverend Ivory to collect money due her. She left her children in appellant’s…