Case Name: James Leslie CLARK, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1986-06-18
Citations: 718 S.W.2d 708
Docket Number: No. 900-85
Parties: James Leslie CLARK, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: McCORMICK and WHITE, JJ., would grant.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 718
Pages: 708–708

Head Matter:
James Leslie CLARK, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 900-85.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
June 18, 1986.
Gerson D. Bloom, Galveston, for appellant.
Michael J. Guarino, Dist. Atty. and Miguel Martinez, Asst. Dist. Atty., Galveston, Robert Huttash, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted in a bench trial of indecency with a child and the trial court assessed his punishment at 10 years confinement, probated, and a $500 fine. On appeal the Houston (1st) Court of Appeals reversed the conviction. Clark v. State, 693 S.W.2d 35 (Tex.App.—Houston (1st) 1985).
Finding that the Court of Appeals was correct in holding that the testimony of appellant's former stepdaughter was erroneously admitted into evidence, we refuse the state's petition for discretionary review. However, we do not necessarily approve of all of the reasons advanced by the Court of Appeals to support this holding.
McCORMICK and WHITE, JJ., would grant.