Kirvin v. State

OPINION

WILLIAM J. CORNELIUS, Commissioner.

The conviction was for burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit sexual abuse of a child. Punishment was set by the jury at ninety-nine years’ confinement.

The State’s version of the evidence revealed that Apolonio Buenrostro and his wife, Juanita, left their home in Dallas on December 3, 1975, to visit a relative and were gone for some fifteen to twenty minutes. Their four children were left at home. While Mr. and Mrs. Buenrostro were away, a black man wearing a wig, glasses and a dark leather jacket entered their home through the back door.…