Alexander v. State

OPINION

DICKENSON, Justice.

The crucial question is whether the admission into evidence of a videotape recording of a four-year-old child who was the victim of the offense 1 violated appellant’s constitutional right to confront his accuser. 2

The jury convicted John Walton Alexander of aggravated sexual assault of a child 3 and assessed his punishment at confinement for 75 years and a fine of $10,000. We affirm the conviction.

The indictment charged that appellant, on or about June 11, 1984, did:

(I)ntentionally and knowingly cause the penetration of the vagina of A.W., a child younger than 14…