Legal Opinion

Ernst v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided June 11, 1998No. 03-97-00109-CRPublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Justice, (Retired).

The jury found appellant guilty of the offense of indecency with a child. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.11 (West 1994). The trial court assessed punishment at sixteen years’ confinement and a fine of one thousand dollars. In a single point of error, appellant contends the trial court erred when it allowed testimony of alleged unadjudieated extraneous offenses during the guilt-innocence phase of the trial. We will overrule appellant’s point of error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The indictment charged appellant (father of the victim) with engaging in a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Howland v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1998
  2. Johns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  3. Hinds v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1998
  4. Cole v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1998

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Poole v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  2. Sanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2008
  3. Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1999
  4. Ware v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2002
  5. Hinojosa v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999

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