Halstead v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child and assessed punishment at imprisonment for twenty-eight years. Act of May 26, 1987, 70th Leg., R.S., ch. 573, § 1, 1987 Tex.Gen.Laws 2275, amended by Act of July 18, 1987, 70th Leg., 2d C.S., ch. 16, § 1, 1987 Tex.Gen.Laws 80 (Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.021, since amended). We will affirm.

The complaining witness was the daughter of Amelia Moreno. Appellant lived with Moreno and her children for four years until Moreno’s death in 1990, and the children continued to live with appellant thereafter. Although appellant and Moreno…