Sanchez, Ivan William

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0086-11

IVAN WILLIAM SANCHEZ, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS,

BEXAR COUNTY

A seventeen-count indictment charged the appellant with sexually abusing his step-daughter. The State's outcry witness suffered a loss of mental faculties and was unavailable to testify at trial. Over the appellant's objection, the trial court allowed the outcry witness's testimony from a pre-trial hearing to be read to the jury. The jury found the appellant guilty of four counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact…