Owens v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Raymond Owens was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on allegations that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an extraneous offense, in excluding evidence concerning an outcry witness’ background, and in allowing improper argument by State’s counsel. He also contends that there is insufficient evidence to support the conviction.

The State produced evidence that in August 1987, Owens pulled B_, his eleven-year-old daughter, onto a bed and put his hand up her…