Lamora v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Paul Austin Lamora was tried by jury and convicted in Comanche County District Court of Child Stealing and Lewd Molestation. He received sentences of eight years’ and fifteen years’ imprisonment, respectively.

Appellant, having grabbed his eight-year-old victim, J.S., from a yard in which she was playing, put her into his van. J.S.’s father was summoned by another child to come help his daughter. Her father ran to the van parked in the cul-de-sac by the mobile home in which he was visiting. He opened the sliding side door where appellant was lying on top of J.S. with his…