Legal Opinion

Grayson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided March 6, 1990No. 05-89-00323-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAKER, Justice.

A jury convicted Charles Edward Gray-son, Jr. of two separate offenses of aggravated sexual assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and a $10,000 fine in each case. He contends that the trial court: (1) abused its discretion by permitting the two children, the complaining witnesses in each case, to testify without an examination by the court to determine if each child was a competent witness; and (2) erred by denying his motion for mistrial because of the admission of irrelevant, inadmissible, and prejudicial testimony. Because these contentions are without merit,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cisneros v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Ridyolph v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Curlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Morgan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Karnes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1994
  2. Griffin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1993
  3. Hill v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999
  4. Boudreaux v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Christopher Allen Phillips v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2014

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