Legal Opinion

Rogers v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided January 15, 1987No. 01-85-0911-CRPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*351OPINION

LEVY, Justice.

A jury found the appellant guilty of indecency with a child and assessed his punishment at six years confinement and a fine of $6,000.

At the time of the alleged offense, appellant, a 50-year-old man, was living with his girlfriend and her 17- and 15-year-old daughters. The complainant, the girlfriend’s niece, resided with her grandparents and her father down the street from the appellant’s house. The complainant was nine years old at the time she was allegedly molested by the appellant and ten years old at the time of trial.

The complainant testified that sometime around…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Ingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Edward Bautista v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2012
  2. Edwin Eugene Vernon, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2018
  3. Hodge v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1997
  4. Jimenez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2009
  5. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991

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