The Texarkana Court of Appeals recently affirmed a conviction under the relatively new Jessica's Law that includes the offense of continuous sexual abuse. The opinion is worth reading for anyone with such a pending case. Click here for the opinion.

The successful prosecution was directly the result of something intended by the new law: dealing with a child's inability to articulate a specific date for each act of sexual abuse while still providing convincing testimony of ongoing abuse.

For a related discussion of this new offense, click here.

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