Vidaurri v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was found guilty by the jury of the offense of aggravated assault, her punishment being assessed at eighteen months in jail.

The complaint and information alleged an assault by appellant, an adult female, upon a child.

The injured party, Elmo Vidaurri, is the three-year-old adopted son of appellant, she and her soldier husband having adopted him while stationed in Germany.

Appellant resided in an upstairs apartment. Several of her neighbors testified to hearing sounds apparently coming from such apartment, variously described as — “Unusual noises, and the child crying.”…