WATKINS v. STATE

Nos. 2-96-110-CR, 2-96-178-CR.

946 S.W.2d 594 (1997)

Patrecia Eileen WATKINS aka Patricia Eileen Watkins, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State. Christopher J. WHITESIDE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

May 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Rex Barnett, Earl R. Waddell, III, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Tim Curry, Criminal District Attorney, Charles Mallin, Chief of Appellate Section, Danielle A. Legault, Jay Lapham, Mickey Klein, and Debra Ann Windsor, Assistant Criminal District Attorneys, Fort Worth, for State.

Before DAY, LIVINGSTON and RICHARDS, JJ.


OPINION

DAY, Justice.

A jury found appellants Christopher J. Whiteside and Patrecia Eileen Watkins guilty of the aggravated sexual assault of Watkins's eight-year-old son M.W. They were tried as co-defendants. The jury assessed both of their punishments at confinement for life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000 fine.

On appeal, Whiteside raises six points of error and Watkins raises three. Both argue that the trial court erred...

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