Boutwell v. State

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of sexual abuse of a child. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 21.10 (1974). Trial was to the court, pursuant to a plea bargain, and appellant was sentenced to confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for twenty years. Six grounds of error are specified in appellant’s original brief. Upon submission of the appeal at oral argument, appellant requested leave to file a second brief containing additional grounds of error. Leave to file the brief was granted and we will address the three additional grounds of error contained therein.

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