Emerson v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the 263rd District Court of the misdemeanor offense of “official oppression” under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 39.02. The indictment alleged, in effect, that the appellant while acting as a City of Houston police officer, unlawfully detained the female complainant “in order to pressure and persuade her to engage in sexual intercourse with him.” The appellant pleaded not guilty. The jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at one (1) year’s confinement in the county jail and at a fine…