Mallory v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Wallace Mallory was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Punishment was set at twenty-five years in prison. In this appeal he contends that the trial court erred in admitting the child’s videotaped statement, that his written confession was improperly admitted in evidence, and that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction.

R_S_was seven years old at the time of the offense. One week after the assault took place, R_’s mother discovered a vaginal discharge on R_’s underwear. The child was later diagnosed as having gonorrhea. After the child…