Hoagland v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of fondling by placing his hand against the breast of a female under the age of fourteen years. The jury assessed the punishment at two years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged. The complaining witness was eleven years of age on the date in question and twelve at the time of the trial. She testified that she was at appellant’s home on a Sunday afternoon to jump on a trampoline in the back yard and to visit his son. She related that, while Mrs. Hoagland was running a vacuum cleaner in another part of the…