Sapien v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Raymundo Sapien was convicted of aggravated rape of a child under fourteen, and assessed punishment of sixteen years confinement. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

In his first ground of error Sapien contends the trial court erred in admitting evidence of other sexual assaults he had committed on the victim, who was his daughter.

Extraneous acts are generally not admissible, and they become admissible only if they are clearly shown to be both material and relevant to a contested issue, and their relevance outweighs any inflammatory and prejudicial…