Legal Opinion
Gilley, Brian Shawn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 15, 2014No. PD-1581-12PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, WOMACK and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
The appellant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at thirty years’ confinement in the penitentiary.1 On the morning that jury selection was scheduled to begin, the trial court heard argument on the appellant’s pretrial motion for a hearing to determine the six-year-old child-complainant’s competency to testify. Over the appellant’s objection, the trial court decided to conduct its Rule 601(a)(2) competency examination of the child-complainant in camera, with…
3Cases cited19 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Marin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Kentucky v. StincerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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4Cited by65 opinions
- State v. CortezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
- Carson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
- McClintock, Bradley RayCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Martinez, Roger AnthonyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2019
- Ash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
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