Legal Opinion
Watson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided April 3, 1996No. 03-94-00749-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWERS, Justice.
Joseph Darwin Watson appeals from a trial-court judgment convicting him of two counts of aggravated sexual assault upon a child under age fourteen. See TexJPenal Code Ann. § 22.021(a) (West 1994). 1 On Watson’s plea of guilty, the trial judge fixed punishment at sixty-years imprisonment. We will reverse the punishment part of the judgment and remand the cause to the trial court for resentencing.
THE CONTROVERSY
Watson pled guilty on September 19, 1994, to an indictment charging him with two counts of aggravated sexual assault. Upon defense counsel’s request, the trial judge…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Marin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Sodipo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Wright v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1994
- Borders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Stancliff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
- Baxter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Angela Oralynn Taylor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2003
- Christopher James Henderson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Michael Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
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