Legal Opinion

Porter v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided July 29, 2009No. 10-08-00169-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FELIPE REYNA, Justice.

A jury convicted Keith Allen Porter of two counts of aggravated sexual assault and a single count of indecency with a child. The jury assessed his punishment at seventy five years for each of the aggravated sexual assault convictions and ten years for the indecency conviction. Porter contends in his sole issue that the court abused its discretion by failing to require the State to make an election before resting. We will affirm.

Count one of the indictment alleges that Porter sexually assaulted his son by penetrating the boy’s anus with his finger. Count…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lunn v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. John Wayne Williams, Sr. v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2024
  2. Porter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2009

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