Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of March 12, 2018.

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McCain v. State, No. 02-16-00411-CR (Mar. 15, 2018) (Kerr, J., joined by Sudderth, C.J., and Gabriel, J.).

Held:  The punishment scheme (imprisonment—without the possibility of parole—for life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years) for the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen does not violate the cruel-and-unusual-punishment provisions of the United States and Texas constitutions. Nor do the relevant statutes, either on their face or as applied to Appellant, violate the equal protection clauses of the United States and Texas constitutions.