Legal Opinion

Bonilla, Ronald Antonio

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 19, 2014No. PD-1099-13PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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Cochran, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., and Meyers, Keasler and Hervey, JJ., joined.

The issue in this case is who bears the burden of showing that the trial judge erred in cumulating indecency-with-a-child sentences when some sexual abuse took place before the 1997 Penal Code amendments permitting cumulation of sentences for child sexual offenses and some took place after that date.1 We will apply our normal appellate rule of review: The party who complains about the trial judge’s action on direct appeal bears the burden of objecting at trial and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Reyna v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  3. Sledge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Cosio v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
  5. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Jeffrey Dean Gerron v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2016
  2. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2019
  3. Adrian Lee Hernandez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2024
  4. Buford Lloyd Crowell v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2021
  5. Clarence Edward Tillis III v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2026

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