Studer v. State

265 S.W.2d 833 (1954)

STUDER

v.

STATE.

No. 26722.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 13, 1954.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1954.

Herman D. Voorhess, Houston, for appellant.

William H. Scott, Dist. Atty., King C. Haynes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted under Art. 535d, Vernon's Ann.P.C., for fondling a child's sexual parts, and his punishment was assessed at fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Patricia Durham testified that she was five years of age and lived next door to appellant; that while she was…