Duckett v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of indecency with a child. V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 21.11(a)(1). Punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed at 80 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.1

On direct appeal, appellant challenged his conviction in four points of error. In the fourth and sole point of error reviewed by the Court of Appeals, it was argued the trial court committed reversible error when it permitted an expert witness employed by the Department of Human Services to testify…