Ledet v. State

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of oral sodomy under the former Penal Code. The jury assessed punishment at nine years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Initially the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. The testimony will, therefore, be set out in detail.

The complaining witness, Frederick Brown, was six years old at the time of the offense and eight years old at the time he testified in this case. Brown was examined by the trial court and held to be a qualified witness outside the presence of the…