Beaird v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was indicted on September 12, 1985, for the offense of rape of a child, alleged to have been committed on or about July 15,1981. A jury found him guilty and assessed punishment at ten years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The court of appeals reversed his conviction and ordered the prosection dismissed. Beaird v. State, 734 S.W.2d 17 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st] 1987). We originally refused the State’s petition for discretionary review, but granted the State’s petition on motion for rehearing for consideration in…