Bryant v. State

OPINION ON THE STATE’S CROSS-PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice.

Pursuant to Rule 50 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we have reconsidered our prior opinion upon the State’s cross-petition for discretionary review. Our opinion and judgment of November 15, 2001 are withdrawn and the following are substituted.

A jury convicted Appellant Casey Den-undra Bryant of the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than fourteen years of age and assessed his punishment at forty years’ confinement. Appellant raises a single issue on appeal, contending that…