Franklin v. State

OPINION

MEYERS, J., MANSFIELD, J., PRICE, J., and JOHNSON, J., join.

The State charged appellant, B.J. Franklin, with aggravated sexual assault of a child. See Tex. Penal Code § 22.021. Appellant pleaded not guilty to the offense. A jury convicted appellant of this offense, however, and sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Sixth Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction. See Franklin v. State, 986 S.W.2d 349 (Tex.App.— Texarkana 1999). This Court granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review on five…