Hernandez v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of sexual abuse of a child, a violation of Y.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 21.10; the punishment is imprisonment for 5 years.

The appellant presents one ground of error. It is:

“The trial court erred in allowing the State to question the defendant about alleged prior criminal acts without the requisite showing of relevance in time, character or identity with the offense at bar, thus prejudicing the right of the defendant to a fair trial.”

On June 12, 1974, Evangelina C_came from Matamoros, Mexico, to Brownsville to wash…