Legal Opinion

Cantu v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided April 11, 2012No. 07-10-00248-CRPublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

Appellant Ruben Cantu, Jr. appeals from his convictions on two counts of indecency with a child and the resulting consecutive sentences of forty years of imprisonment. He presents two issues. We will affirm.

Background

Appellant was charged by indictment with five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, alleging he caused the sexual organ of the victim to contact his sexual organ. 1 The counts were identical, except for the on-or-about dates which, in the five counts, were the sixth days of February, March, April, May and June 2008. Appellant was tried…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Lancon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  5. Villalon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Leavelle Franklin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015
  2. Daniel G. Jarnagin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2012
  3. Bocanegra v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. State v. IvyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
  5. Allan Ramon Martinez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2024

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