Rodda v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The jury rejected appellant’s not guilty plea to indecency with a child, and the court, after finding appellant had previously been convicted of the same type of offense, assessed confinement at ten years. Issues on appeal concern the denial of a requested jury charge and the admissibility of an extraneous offense. We affirm.

Briefly, the evidence shows that the complainant and four of her girlfriends, all aged twelve and thirteen, were attending a cheerleading camp at the University of Houston during July, 1985. As the young girls were walking back to their dormitory…