Legal Opinion
Jourdan, Ricardo
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 2, 2014No. PD-0446-13PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
The appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated sexual assault, for which the jury assessed a sentence of thirty-five years in the penitentiary. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed his conviction, however, holding that the appellant was egregiously harmed by a jury charge at the guilt phase of trial that failed to require the jury to render a unanimous verdict with respect to which of two theories of aggravated sexual assault the appellant’s conduct satisfied. 1 We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in order to address the court of appeals’s conclusions…
3Cases cited14 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Cosio v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
- Vick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
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4Cited by82 opinions
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