Duke v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

This classic she-said-he-said case — alleging that Jesse Ray Duke committed indecency with a child, S.S., by sexual contact — is complicated by a multi-year child-custody dispute between S.S.’s parents and varying statements and recantations by S.S. concerning the charged offense. From a guilty verdict and a sentence of sixty years’ imprisonment, and after a post-judgment recantation by S.S. and a denial of Duke’s motion for new trial, Duke appeals on various grounds. We affirm the judgment of the trial court because (1) no error was preserved regarding…