Lewis v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

Kevin Lewis, a/k/a Kevin Tyrone Lewis (Kevin) was one of three individuals who attacked Jack Torres-Diaz (Jack), a mentally retarded twenty-four-year-old male functioning at the level of a five- or six-year-old child. Kevin appeals from his conviction — and his resulting sentence of ten years’ confinement — for intentionally and knowingly causing bodily injury to a disabled individual.

Jack typically spent his days pushing his customized wheelbarrow around Cooper, Texas, collecting used aluminum cans for recycling. To Jack, his pride-and-joy wheelbarrow…