Legal Opinion

Norris v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided February 26, 1990No. 05-88-01386-CRPublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KINKEADE, Justice.

John Taylor Norris appeals his conviction for indecency with a child. After a jury trial, the court assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections, probated for ten years. In nine points of error, Norris contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence outcry testimony pursuant to article 38.072 of the Texas Code of Crimi nal Procedure, 1 and in denying Norris’s motion for a mistrial because the State, in its jury argument, injected new and harmful facts not supported by the trial testimony. We disagree and affirm…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Cisneros v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. in the Interest of M.R. and W.M., Children, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2007
  2. In the Interest of P.E.W., II, K.M.W., and D.L.W., Children, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2003
  3. Pickett v. Texas Mutual Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
  4. Gottlich v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Ricardo Torres v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014

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