Legal Opinion

Cardenas, Antonio Zavala

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 10, 2010No. PD-1846-09Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-1846-09

ANTONIO ZAVALA CARDENAS, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE SECOND COURT OF APPEALS

TARRANT COUNTY

2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.

OPINION

At appellant's trial for aggravated sexual assault of a child, the defense attorney posed the following question during voir dire and asked each venire member to respond:

I want you to assume that you have found somebody guilty of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault of a child. They intentionally or knowingly caused the penetration of the sexual organ of the complaining witness, of the…

3Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Standefer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010

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