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PALMER v. STATE
THOMAS OTIS PALMER, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
Nos. 01-08-00141-CR, 01-10-00280-CR, 01-10-00281-CR, 01-10-00282-CR
Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston.
Opinion issued April 29, 2010.
Panel consists of Justice KEYES, SHARP, and MASSENGALE.
DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b) MEMORANDUM OPINIONMICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.
A jury convicted appellant Thomas Otis Palmer of four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child (01-08-00141-CR, Count 1; 01-10-00280-CR, Count 2, 01-10-00281-CR, Count 3; 01-10-00282-CR, Count 4), and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for 80 years on each count, to be served concurrently. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.021 (Vernon Supp. 2009). In two issues, Palmer argues that (1) the evidence was factually insufficient to support the jury's verdict and (2) the trial court violated his constitutional rights to confront his accuser by preventing him from cross-examining a child complainant about a prior, unrelated sexual abuse outcry.