Legal Opinion
Vernon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 4, 1992No. 1232-91PublishedCited by 404 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
BENAVIDES, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault for putting his finger into the sexual organ of his 13-year-old stepdaughter. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 22.-021(a)(l)(B)(i). Punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, §§ 22.021(e), 12.-32. The Second Court of Appeals affirmed. Vernon v. State, 814 S.W.2d 845 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1991). We granted Appellant’s petition for discretionary review to consider a question of statutory construction implicit in the lower…
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