Pickering v. State

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for injury to a child. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 22.04. After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment at 20 years.

In his fourth ground of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. The State relied on circumstantial evidence.

Dr.' Walter J. Fagan testified that on the night of October 12, 1976, he was called to Spring Branch Memorial Hospital in Houston. Fagan had received word that a young child had been brought to the emergency room in a state of shock. Fagan stated that…