Williams v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

George Henry Williams, Jr., 1 and his wife, Peggy, frequently kept Peggy’s granddaughter, J.A., when J.A.’s mother had to be at work at 5:30 a.m. In February 2008, J.A. made an outcry allegation that, when her mother left her -with the Williamses on those occasions Williams sexually abused her. Williams was indicted and convicted for the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.02 (Vernon Supp. 2009). This is a relatively new statute, enacted during the 2007 legislative session. 2 Williams was convicted by a Cherokee…