Blakeney v. State

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.021 (West 1994).1 A jury found appellant Perry White Blake-ney guilty of the charged offense and assessed punishment at 99 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $10,000. We will reverse the conviction and remand the cause to the trial court for a new trial.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellant lived next door to the seven-year-old victim and his parents. One morning near the end of October 1992, the parents discovered that the child was missing. After a search of the…