Legal Opinion

Burks v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided February 28, 2001No. 10-98-362-CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GRAY, Justice.

Donnell Burks was tried and convicted of two counts of sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child. There were two victims. One count of sexual assault and one count of indecency with a child related to each victim. Both victims were under the age of 14. At the time of the conduct and at the time of trial, Burks was married to the mother of the victims. Burks contends on appeal that the trial court erred in not admitting into evidence a hand written note that was allegedly written by S. 0., one of the victims. The note contains a crude reference that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Drone v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995
  2. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Owens v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
  4. Bell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1994
  5. Castaldo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2001
  2. Glover v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
  3. Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2004
  4. Miles v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2001
  5. Kennedy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006

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