Rhodes v. State

MURPHY, Justice.

James Henry Rhodes (Appellant) appeals a jury conviction for sexual abuse of a child and the punishment assessed by the same jury of life pursuant to Tex.Penal Code Ann. art. 12.42(d) (Vernon 1974). We affirm.

In his first ground of error, appellant contends the evidence is insufficient because the testimony of the prosecutrix facially lacks truthfulness and credibility. A similar contention was before the Court of Criminal Appeals in Hohn v. State, 538 S.W.2d 619 (Tex.Cr.App.1976) wherein the defendant was also charged with sexual abuse of a child. The court stated that by its…