Michael Lopez v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-01-00599-CR Michael Lopez, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 147TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 97-3947, HONORABLE WILFORD FLOWERS, JUDGE PRESIDING Appellant Michael Lopez appeals his conviction in a bench trial for aggravated sexual assault of a child. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. ' 22.021(a)(1)(B)(i) (West Supp. 2002). Appellant=s punishment was assessed by the trial court at twelve years= imprisonment. This appeal is another case spawned in troubled waters left in the wake of Issa v. State,

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