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Cardenas v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 10, 2010No. PD-1846-09PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.

At appellant’s trial for aggravated sexual assault of a child, the defense attorney posed the following question during voir dire and asked each venire member to respond:

I want you to assume that you have found somebody guilty of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault of a child. They intentionally or knowingly caused the penetration of the sexual organ of the complaining witness, of the victim, by the means of the sexual organ or any other [sic] or with a finger or with touching genital to genital ... Could you honestly ever fairly consider on an aggravated sexual assault of a…

3Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Standefer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010

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4Cited by73 opinions

  1. RODRIGUEZ-FLORES v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2011
  2. K.J. v. USA Water Polo, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2012
  3. Larry Harold Forward v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2013
  4. Irvin Hollis Ferree v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
  5. Woodall v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2011

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