Skelton v. State

COLLEY, Justice.

Appellant appeals his conviction by a jury of the offense of sexual abuse of a child. The trial court assessed his punishment at eight years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant presents fifteen grounds of error which include a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. By ground No. 11 appellant claims that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction because no proof was presented to the jury that the complainant was under the age of seventeen years at the time of the commission of the offense as alleged in the indictment. This ground is…