Thomas v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated rape of a child, and the jury assessed his punishment at 25 years imprisonment. He does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence but does complain that the court improperly limited his cross examination of the victim regarding her earlier false rape accusations and improperly excluded reputation evidence offered at the guilt stage to show his good reputation for proper care of children. We sustain both of these grounds of error.

In his first ground, appellant argues that the trial court erred in excluding testimony…