Hernandez v. State

OPINION

McCOLLUM, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of injury to a child. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.04(a)(1) (Vernon 1994). Appellant waived a jury trial and entered a plea of guilty before the trial court. Upon a finding of guilt, the trial court assessed punishment at imprisonment for a term of forty years. We affirm.

Factual Summary

The record reflects that Appellant lived next door to JoAnne and Michael Dedman. In mid-June of 1992, the Dedmans left their eleven-month-old son, Hunter, in Appellant’s care while they were out of town. During the early evening hours…