Barnes V. State

A jury found appellant Jonathan Barnes guilty of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, for each of which it assessed punishment at ninety-nine years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 22.021 (West Supp. 2004-05). Appellant brings forward nine points of error complaining of the admission of hearsay, unqualified expert testimony, and extraneous misconduct evidence; a violation of the witness exclusion rule; the denial of his right of confrontation; improper jury argument; and double jeopardy. Finding appellant's double jeopardy claim to be well-taken, we will reform the judgment of conviction to set aside the conviction on one of the three counts. We will overrule appellant's remaining points of error and affirm the judgment of conviction as reformed.