Court Opinion

ID: 9767590
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:22:02.010212+00
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OPINION
ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
MORRISON, Judge.
While appellant is correct in his statement that in all cases where extraneous offenses are admitted it is incumbent upon the state to prove that the accused is the person who committed such offense but this as any other fact may be established by circumstantial evidence, 23 Tex.Jur.2d 251, Evidence Section 164.
Here are the facts in the case at bar. Page one of the “woman’s activities” section of the Port Arthur News, October 1, 1967, issue carried pictures of Sally Logs-don, Vicky Verret, Diane Petry, Carol En-right and Gretchen Luders. All were pretty girls. This prosecution was for the telephone call to Beverly Verret, the mother of Vicky. The other calls were made soon after the news story was printed and were to the other girls pictured in the newspaper. Each girl described appellant’s voice in practically the same manner. No calls were proven to anyone who did not appear in the news account. All calls first invited the pretty girls to go riding with the caller.
We conclude from the above that the circumstantial evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s finding that appellant made all the calls which were testified to by the witnesses.
Remaining convinced of the soundness of our original opinion, appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.