Prince v. State

A jury convicted appellant, Maurice Prince, of the first-degree felony offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and assessed his punishment at twenty-five years' confinement.1 In his sole issue on appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred by admitting a video recording of the complainant's forensic interview under the rule of optional completeness.

We affirm.

Background

Appellant has a large extended family, including his niece, Lauren, and Lauren's daughter, Tiffany, the complainant.2 Tiffany was born in December 2001 and she was sixteen at the time of the trial in February…