Garza v. State

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Justice.

Appellant Elíseo Hinojosa Garza, a/k/a Joe Garza, was convicted by a jury for the offenses of sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child. 1 Enhanced by a prior conviction for a similar offense, the trial court sentenced him to confinement for life. Appellant challenges the conviction by six points of error. We affirm.

The victim in this case, M.C., was a twelve year old girl at the time of the offense. Appellant was a sixty-eight year old man and a family friend who managed a small motel in Raymondville, Texas for a number of years. Initially, appellant had…