Chambers v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of indecency with a child. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 21.11. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced by proof of one prior conviction, at sixteen and one half years confinement. The Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and ordered an acquittal. Chambers v. State, 755 S.W.2d 907 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st] 1988). This Court granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the court below erred when it held the evidence insufficient because the complainant repudiated…