Jolly v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

DUNCAN, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the offense of aggravated sexual abuse as proscribed by § 21.05 of the Texas Penal Code. 1 Following a jury trial, the appellant was convicted and assessed punishment at seventy-six years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $10,-000.00 fine.

On appeal to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals the appellant asserted, inter alia, and most importantly, that the trial court’s admission of a pre-trial videotaped interview of the complainant, as authorized by Art. 38.071, § 2,…