Legal Opinion
Cheek v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided October 30, 2003No. 08-02-00453-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.
A jury convicted Courtney Marie Cheek of knowingly or intentionally causing bodily injury to her fourteen-month-old daughter, Alixandra. The court sentenced her to ten years in prison, suspended for ten years. On appeal, Cheek raises three points of error concerning a videotaped interview of her other daughter, three-year-old Britiny. Finding no error, we affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
At trial, Cheek claimed that her boyfriend, David Prater, was responsible for Alixandra’s injuries. She testified that when she woke up on October 27, 2001, she found that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. SchefferSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Willover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
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3Cited by4 opinions
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