Lawhorn v. State

JONES, Justice.

A jury found Bill Lawhorn, appellant, guilty of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit felony escape; the jury assessed punishment, enhanced by a previous felony conviction, at imprisonment for thirty years. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 30.02 (West 1989). On appeal, appellant challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. We will reverse the conviction and order an acquittal.

Appellant was arrested for aggravated sexual assault on December 22, 1989. About a month after his arrest for that offense, Travis County Sheriff’s Deputy Julie Waddle was…