Opinion ID: 2127403
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Heading: Evidence as to J.M.

Text: The evidence is not sufficient to affirm the judgment as to the count involving J.M. That count alleged that on another occasion in the spring of 2001, Mr. Beine went into the boys' bathroom near the gymnasium and began using the urinal. So far as the record shows, no child was in the room when Mr. Beine was first there. However, J.M., who was in the third grade and is the younger brother of C.M., entered the boys' bathroom as Mr. Beine was urinating. J.M. used a urinal and finished before Mr. Beine and went to wash his hands at the sinks. As J.M. was washing his hands, some other boys entered the room and began to argue loudly. Mr. Beine, who had still been using the urinal, turned around and told the disruptive boys to shut up. His pants were still unzipped as he did so, and J.M. says he saw Mr. Beine's penis: A. So, other kids come in, they're talking real loud, I guess he told them to shut up. He turned around, his hands were like this, and then he hurried up and zipped up his pants. .... Q. Now what did you say was the deal with his zipper? A. It was still down and then he hurried up and zipped it back up. Q. When you say it was still down, could you see anything. A. Yes. Q. What could you see? A. His private part. .... Q. All right. So was thatyou could see it? A. Yes. Q. Okay. You said it was hanging out of his pants? A. Then he hurried up and zipped it back up. Q. What did you do when that happened? A. I just turned around. Q. What did you think when you saw that? A. I don't know. Q. How did it make you feel? A. Disgust. .... Q. Okay. Now, did you want to go to the bathroom when Dr. James was in there? A. No. Q. Why not? A. Because I just didn't know if he was going to do it again, that's all. On cross-examination, J.M. further clarified that Mr. Beine said shut up to the loud boys as he turned around toward the sink, and: Q. He turned around towards you, at that time you saw his penis, is that what you're telling us? A. Yes. Q. He was flipping up his fly at the same time, is that right? A. Yes. On redirect J.M. then said: Q. Were you mad at him? A. Yeah. I didn't use the wordI used the word upset. Q. Why were you upset? A. Because hehe turn around and say `shut up.' Q. What about showing you his private part, did that upset you? A. Yeah. While J.M.'s testimony is sufficient to show that Mr. Beine exposed his penis to J.M., it is not sufficient to show that he knowingly did so in a manner that a reasonable adult would believe would more likely than not cause affront or alarm to a child of less than 14. As Moore stated, To be impolite is not enough. To be annoying is insufficient. The words `affront or alarm' convey, respectively, a deliberate offense or a feeling of danger. At the least, real emotional turmoil must result. 90 S.W.3d at 67. Here, there is no showing of deliberate offense, a feeling of danger, or real emotional turmoil. The evidence shows that the whole incident occurred very quickly. Mr. Beine was already in the bathroom when J.M. and the other boys entered. The principal said that on occasion an adult might use one of the boys' rooms if no one was in it at the time. He did not flaunt himself as he had on the other occasions involved in this appeal, and J.M. did not see his penis while he was urinating. While J.M. did see Mr. Beine's penis, he did so only briefly as Mr. Beine was hurriedly zipping up his pants after turning around from the urinal and yelling at the other boys to shut up. Nothing suggests that he particularly focused on J.M. or purposely exposed himself to J.M. or to any of the other boys. J.M. said he was disgusted, but from the testimony this appears in large part to be because he had been told to shut up. J.M. did not indicate whether any of the other boys saw Mr. Beine's penis or complained about it. No charges were brought based on alleged exposure by Mr. Beine to the other boys, although a large group of them were in the bathroom at the time. While Mr. Beine's admissions to Mr. Longwell could support a finding that he exposed himself to J.M. on some occasion, it does not support knowingly doing so on this occasion.