Taylor v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, JOHNSON, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a *574child younger than fourteen.1 The jury assessed his punishment at ten years’ confinement in the penitentiary. The evidence against the appellant consisted of the testimony of the complaining witness, J.B., and a licensed professional counselor who had been counseling J.B. for some months after the offense came to light. On appeal, the appellant argued that certain testimony from the counselor, summarizing what J.B. had told her about the offense, had…