Lowrey v. State

ON REMAND

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Mitchell D. Lowrey was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and assessed punishment of fifty years’ confinement. The victim, R_L_, was Lowrey’s six year old stepson.

On original submission we overruled Lowrey’s sole contention, which was that it was error to admit in evidence a videotaped statement of the child victim. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed our judgment, holding that the admission of the videotape violated Lowrey’s constitutional rights to be confronted by the witnesses against him. Lowrey v. State, 757 S.W.2d 358…