Copperas Cove man gets 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to child sex abuse

Johnnie Ray Morris
Johnnie Ray Morris

A Copperas Cove man was sentenced to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after pleading guilty to a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under age 14.

Johnny Ray Morris, 42, was sentenced Aug. 13, a week after he entered a guilty plea in Lampasas County 27 th District Court.

Under the Texas Penal Code, the minimum sentence for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 is 2…