Legal Opinion

DeLeon v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided May 8, 2002No. 03-00-00751-CRPublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN F. ONION, JR., Justice

(Assigned).

Appellant Guadalupe DeLeon appeals his conviction for indecency with a child by contact. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 21.11(a)(1) (West Supp.2001). 2 The jury found appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.

Point of Error

Appellant advances one point of error contending that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence unadjudicated third party extraneous offenses at the guilt-innocence stage of the trial. See Tex.R. Evid. 404(b), 403.

It is a fundamental tenet of our system of jurisprudence that an…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. United States v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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3Cited by89 opinions

  1. Bargas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
  2. Russell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
  3. Russo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
  4. Karnes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002

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