Osteen v. State

OPINION

REX D. DAVIS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Danny Joe Osteen and sentenced him to thirty-eight years’ imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault of a child, ten years’ imprisonment for indecency with a child, and five years’ imprisonment for attempted indecency with a child. He claims in a single point that the trial court erroneously excluded evidence of a prior inconsistent statement by the victim.

The victim, J.O., testified that Osteen had sexual intercourse with her regularly from the time that she was six years old. Osteen sought to introduce evidence that J.O. previously made…