Gene Delacruz v. State

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN

NO. 3-93-242-CR

GENE DELACRUZ,

APPELLANT

vs.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 331ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 0925756, HONORABLE FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, JUDGE PRESIDING

This appeal is taken from a conviction for an assault causing serious bodily injury to a child under the age of fourteen years. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.04(a)(1) (West 1994). (1) In a bench trial, appellant Gene DeLaCruz was convicted. The trial court assessed punishment at fifty-five years' imprisonment.

Appellant advances three points of…