Hoots v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of inviting a female child under the age of fourteen years to enter a motor vehicle for the purpose of committing aggravated assault upon such child. Trial was before the court on a plea of not guilty. Punishment was assessed at five years, probated.

The sole question is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. We reverse.

When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged, this Court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. Pogue v. State, 474 S.W.2d 492. The record reflects…