Legal Opinion

Patterson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided December 5, 2002No. 03-01-00595-CRPublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIDD, Justice.

John Patterson appeals from judgments of conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child by penetration, 1 aggravated sex ual assault of a child by contact, 2 indecency with a child by contact, 3 attempted indecency with a child by contact, 4 and indecency with a child by exposure. 5 Appellant contends the district court erred by refusing to require the State to elect between multiple theories of the same offense alleged in the indictment and by submitting each theory to the jury in its charge. He also contends his double jeopardy guarantee against multiple punishments for…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  2. Gonzalez Soto v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2008
  3. Barnes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
  4. Martin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2011
  5. Michaelwicz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2006

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