Long v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault pursuant to V.T. C.A. Penal Code § 22.021(a)(1)(B). The trial court sentenced him to ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections. 1 His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Long v. State, 770 S.W.2d 27 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th] 1989). This Court granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether his hearsay objection was sufficient to preserve error for purposes of appellate review. See Tex.R.App.Proc. 200(c)(3) & (4).

The record…