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CANADA v. STATE

No. 58327.

589 S.W.2d 452 (1979)

Billy Ray CANADA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

November 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. Condox, Arch C. McColl, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., Karen Chilton Beverly, John Tatum and Rider Scott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and DOUGLAS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for injury to a child. The trial was before a judge. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

Canada's former wife, Julia Annette Reed, testified that she saw Canada grab the leg of Rebecca Dawn Reed, her daughter who was then three years of age, just below the knee and twist it with both hands until she heard a "pop". The leg was broken. She further testified that Canada had earlier blackened...

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