Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided December 5, 2002No. 03-02-00022-CRPublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

A jury found appellant Alton Walker Jones guilty of two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 21.11 (West Supp. 2003). The jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for five years for each count. In two points of error, appellant contends the district court erroneously admitted hearsay testimony. Although we find that hearsay was erroneously admitted, we find no reversible error and thus affirm the judgments of conviction.

Outcry testimony

In his first point of error, appellant complains…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. White v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  4. United States v. Harvey M. RenvilleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  5. Fleming v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  2. Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
  3. Barnes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
  4. Reynolds v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
  5. Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006

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