Legal Opinion
Herring v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 9, 1983No. 503-82PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
CLINTON, Judge.
As pertinent here V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 21.07(a)(3) provides that a person commits an offense if in a public place he “knowingly engages in ... an act of sexual contact,” and for purposes of sexual offenses denounced in Chapter 21 “sexual contact” means, again as germane here, “any touching of ... any part of the genitals of another person with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person,” *392id., § 21.01(2). A divided panel of the Dallas Court of Appeals held the allegations in an information do not constitute a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- American Plant Food Corporation v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Ex Parte CannonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Jeffers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Victory v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Beier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Haddad v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
- Crew v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1984
- Delbert Wayne Taylor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2004
- Delbert Wayne Taylor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2004
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