Wheeler v. State

OPINION

joined by MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ.

On appeal from his conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child, appellant contended that evidence of an extraneous sexual assault — elicited through the cross-examination of a Child Protective Services case-worker and the direct testimony of appellant’s niece, S.S. — was inadmissible. The Court of Appeals agreed and reversed the conviction. Wheeler v. State, 988 S.W.2d 363 (Tex.App.-Beaumont 1999). Because we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in either the cross-examination of the defendant’s witness,…