Jerry Shane Merritt v. State

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-17-00140-CR ____________________ JERRY SHANE MERRITT, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 75th District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. CR31581 (Count 2) MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Jerry Shane Merritt pleaded guilty to one count of indecency with a child younger than seventeen by sexual contact. See Act of May 18, 2009, 81st Leg., ch. 260, 2009 Gen. Laws 710 (H.B. 549, § 1 (amended 2017) (current version at

Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.11(a)(1)). In three issues, Merritt…