HILTON v. STATE

No. 27186.

273 S.W.2d 873 (1954)

Otha HILTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Musick & Musick, by Ted Musick, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Houston, Eugene Brady, Asst. Dist. Atty., Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of fondling a child under Art. 535d, Vernon's Ann.P.C., and his punishemnt was assessed at 3 years in the penitentiary.

The state's testimony shows that appellant was thirty-one years of age; that on August 25, 1953, he was living in a small rented house in the back yard of the home where the injured party lived; and that the injured party was a female twelve years of age.

The injured party testified that...

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