Kennedy v. State

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

Following a plea of not guilty, Appellant, Joseph Anthony Kennedy, was convicted by a jury of one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child2 and two counts of indecency with a child by contact.3 Appellant was sentenced to thirty-five years confinement on the continuous sexual abuse charge and two years confinement on each count of indecency with a child charges.4 The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. By a single issue, Appellant maintains that section 21.02 of the Texas Penal Code, entitled “Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Children”…