Griffith v. State

976 S.W.2d 241 (1998)

Russell Alan GRIFFITH, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 07-96-0140-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

June 9, 1998.

Discretionary Review Refused October 14, 1998.

Chappell & Lanehart, P.C., Chuck Lanehart, Lubbock, for appellant.

William Sowder, Crim. Dist. Atty., Michael West, Lubbock, for appellee.

Before BOYD, C.J., and DODSON and QUINN, JJ.

DODSON, Justice.

In a jury trial, appellant Russell Alan Griffith was convicted of sexual assault. The jury assessed his punishment at confinement for twenty years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,…