Legal Opinion
Ellis v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 19, 1987No. 09 85 231 CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIES, Chief Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault, and the jury assessed his punishment at twenty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appeal has been perfected to this Court. Appellant’s first ground of error follows:
“Appellant was denied due process of law, for no evidence was introduced at trial that he had caused the sexual organ of the complainant to penetrate his sexual organ, an essential element of the offense for which Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted.”
The first count of the indictment, for which the jury found…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Ingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Hammett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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