Mireles v. State

OPINION ON THE STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MANSFIELD, Judge.

A Nueces County jury found appellant, Santos Míreles, Jr., guilty of indecency with a child under Texas Penal Code § 21.11(a)(1) (1990). The trial court assessed punishment at imprisonment for fifteen years. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and ordered a judgment of acquittal. Mireles v. State, 878 S.W.2d 245 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1994). We granted the State’s petitions for discretionary review to determine whether the court of appeals’ decision is consistent with our precedents. We…