Ivan William Sanchez v. State

OPINION

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

This appeal is on remand from the Court of Criminal Appeals. Appellant, Ivan Sanchez, challenges his conviction of four counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The only issue to be addressed on remand is whether the unconstitutional admission of an outcry witness’s pre-trial testimony was harmful error. Because we conclude that the admission of the testimony was harmful, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2006, appellant was indicted on ten counts of…