Legal Opinion
Keeter v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided May 2, 2001No. 10-00-169-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANCE, Justice.
Jackie Russell Keeter was convicted of indecency with an eight-year-old child. The primary evidence against him was the trial testimony of the child and an outcry *669statement she made to a woman she had just met. Keeter was sentenced to life.
Shortly after trial, the child recanted. Also, the child’s father and stepmother disclosed they had both told the prosecutor before trial they did not believe the child was telling the truth. After a hearing, the trial court denied a new trial, finding the recantation was not credible.
Finding the trial court abused its discretion in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Ashcraft v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Keeter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Keeter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Keeter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2003
- Jackie Russell Keeter v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2003
- Jackie Russell Keeter v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2003
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