Legal Opinion

Zewoldermariam v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 15, 1987No. 05-86-00733-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCLUNG, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of indecency with a child and sentenced to ten years, probated. He appeals on grounds that the evidence is insufficient to support implied findings: (1) that complainant was not married to appellant; (2) that appellant intended to arouse or sexually gratify himself; and (3) that sexual contact occurred. We overrule all points of error; accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Under his first point of error, appellant points out that complainant never denied being married to him. However, the complainant was eleven years old; this is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McKenzie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Guia v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
  3. Chavez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Donoho v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
  2. Anderson, BrandonTexas Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Hector Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
  4. Hector Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1996
  5. Mario Carnero Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2019

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