Bryant v. State

LEE YEAKEL, Justice.

A jury found appellant Edward R. Bryant guilty of intentionally or knowingly injuring a child. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.04 (West Supp.2000). The jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for life and a $10,000 fíne. We will reverse and remand.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, which reflects that he struck and shook his four-month-old daughter in March 1999, causing massive permanent brain damage and other injuries. It is relevant to appellant’s first point of error that the child’s mother is white and appellant is black.

In his first point,…