Howland v. State

OPINION

MEYERS, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

Appellant was convicted of two aggravated sexual assaults and two acts of indecency with a child. The jury assessed punishment at 20 years imprisonment for each sexual assault and five years for each act of indecency. The convictions were affirmed. Howland v. State, 966 S.W.2d 98 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st Dist.] 1998). We granted discretionary review to address whether the Court of Appeals erred in its analysis of the applicability of article 38.37 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. 1

Article 38.37, Evidence of extraneous…