Legal Opinion

Cooper v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided January 29, 1998No. 03-96-00486-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARROLL, Chief Justice.

A jury found Appellant Justin Drake Cooper guilty of the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for nine years. Cooper appeals his conviction in three points of error. We will affirm the judgment of conviction.

BACKGROUND

The complainant in this case is a young girl who went with her cousin to Cooper’s home on an evening in April 1995. Sometime during that evening, the complainant and Cooper had sexual intercourse. Cooper was eighteen years old at the time. The complainant was a mere twelve years old. About two months…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Montoya v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Caldwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Koller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Hammond v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Chimney v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999
  2. Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2001
  3. Stephens v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  4. LaPointe v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
  5. Brandon Cody Kihega v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2013

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