Trahan v. State

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of injury to a child, and the jury assessed punishment at fifteen years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Ground of Error No. 1: “The Honorable Trial Court erred in failing to grant defendant’s motion for instructed verdict because the evidence was insufficient to circumstantially prove that the appellant was the actor who actually caused the injuries to the victim.”

Kathleen Conway of Jefferson County Child Welfare was called to St. Mary’s Hospital on June 20, 1983. There she…