BLANKEN v. STATE

Nos. 14-13-00496-CR, 14-13-00497-CR.

443 S.W.3d 383 (2014)

Jacob Alfred BLANKEN, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

August 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle Johnson , Houston, for Appellant.

Carly Dessauer , Houston, for the State.

Panel consists of Chief Justice FROST and Justices DONOVAN and BROWN.


OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Chief Justice.

Appellant challenges his convictions and sentences for reckless injury to a child and assault on a family member. We first consider whether the trial court erred in declining to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of criminally negligent injury to a child. We next analyze whether appellant preserved error regarding an alleged violation of the Confrontation Clause and whether the trial court erred in...

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