Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 6, 1987No. 2-86-074-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

Knox William Wilson appeals his conviction by a jury for aggravated sexual assault of a child. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 22.021 (Vernon Supp.1987). The jury assessed his punishment at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. Wilson brings eight points of error.

We affirm.

In his first point of error, Wilson contends that testimony as to extraneous offenses was wrongfully admitted into evidence, allowing the jury to try him for offenses with which he had not been charged.

It is a fundamental principle of law that an accused is entitled to be tried on the accusation made in…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Ingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Poole v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  2. Dufrene v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Russell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Miranda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
  5. Greene v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996

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