Joiner v. State

OPINION

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

Appellant entered a plea of nolo conten-dré before a jury to the offense of injury to a child. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.04(a) (Vernon Supp.1990). He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for thirty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

The thirteen year old complainant was playing outside with her friend when the appellant stopped and started talking to them. Complainant’s father asked appellant and the complainant to walk her friend home. As appellant and the complainant were returning…