Legal Opinion

Nixon v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided March 12, 1997No. 08-94-00075-CRPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHEW, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of indecency with a child. A jury convicted the Appellant, Tracy Jay Nixon, and after his plea of true to the State’s enhancement allegations, sentenced him to 99 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. We affirm.

Factual Background

At 4 p.m. on June 22, 1993, Tracy Nixon, finished his day’s work as a construction foreman and left a construction site located in East El Paso. About an hour later, six-year-old J.J. and a friend were playing on the grounds of the Cielo Vista…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Rezac v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Fuller v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
  2. Holmes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1998
  3. Mendoza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
  4. Rogers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
  5. Barrera v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000

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