Garner v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Myers

A jury convicted appellant Dennis Garner of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than fourteen and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. In three issues, appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, the magistrate should not have been allowed to preside over jury selection, and the magistrate erred by limiting the defense’s ability to question the jury panel during voir dire. We affirm.

Background

Evidence presented at the guilt/innocence phase of the trial showed the following:

In January of 1980, appellant’s then…