Johnson v. State

673 S.W.2d 190 (1984)

Karl D. JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 031-83.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

June 20, 1984.

Mark C. Hall, Lubbock, for appellant.

Jim Bob Darnell, Dist. Atty. and Hollis M. Browning, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for injury to a child, V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 22.04(a)(1) and (b), as amended in 1979.[1] Punishment was assessed by the jury at 20 years'…