Woodard v. State

DEVANY, Justice.

The jury found Charles Ray Woodard guilty of inflicting serious bodily injury on a two and one-half year-old child by immersing her in scalding water and assessed punishment at thirty-three years imprisonment. Appellant contends that the trial court erroneously allowed the child’s mother to testify concerning an extraneous offense and permitted improper jury argument. He also challenges the admissibility of hearsay testimony and photographs of the child taken before and after this incident. Finally, he claims that the evidence is not sufficient to support the conviction.…