MacGilfrey v. State

OPINION

GAULTNEY, Justice.

A jury found appellant Vincent Kenneth MacGilfrey guilty of aggravated sexual assault 1 of a child (M.L.) and assessed his punishment at fifty years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division.

Raising a single issue on appeal, MacGil-frey contends the trial court abused its discretion in finding that the victim’s “outcry statement” was admissible under Article 38.072 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Specifically, he maintains the outcry statement “did not contain enough specificity,” since it failed to mention any time frame within…