Legal Opinion

Yatalese v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 1999No. 01-98-00340-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRY B. COHEN, Justice.

The jury found the appellant guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The trial judge assessed punishment at 55 years in prison. We affirm.

Legal and Factual Sufficiency of the Evidence

In points of error one and two, appellant claims the evidence was legally insufficient to show he penetrated the complainant’s sexual organ and factually insufficient to show he committed the offense. We follow the usual standards of review. Jones v. State, 944 S.W.2d 642, 647 (Tex.Crim.App.1996) (legal sufficiency).

The six-year-old complainant testified that appellant put…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Gamble v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1996
  4. Solis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1997
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ignacio Martin Gonzalez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2014
  2. Christian Rosas v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2025
  3. Dennis Len Livings v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
  4. Garry Fuller v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015
  5. James Odell Mayes, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2012

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