Legal Opinion
Metts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 19, 2016No. PD-1054-15PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · YearyYeary, J.
Meyers, Keasler, Hervey, Alcala, Richardson, and Newell, JJ., joined.
In 2004, Appellant pled guilty to two charges of sexual assault of a child and was placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for each offense. Before Appellant entered his plea, he and a prosecutor representing the State appeared at a status hearing to waive Appellant’s right to a jury trial. The prosecutor later became a district court judge and, nine years later, she adjudicated Appellant guilty and sentenced him to ten years of confinement for each offense. Appellant appealed to the Eleventh Court of…
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