Duncan v. State

OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated sexual assault, assessed punishment at five years’ confinement, and recommended that his sentence be suspended. The trial court placed appellant on community supervision for 10 years. We affirm.

Reliability Hearing

In his first and second points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting the outcry testimony of Carol Partridge, the complainant’s grandmother, without first conducting a hearing in compliance with article 38.072 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Article 38.072 provides an…