Legal Opinion
Owens v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 13, 1993No. 2-92-051-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRAR, Justice.
Appellant, Charles Earl Owens, Jr., was convicted by a jury of indecency with a child. The trial court sentenced him to thirty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Owens appeals the punishment assessed against him.
We affirm.
The controversy in this appeal centers around an enhancement paragraph in the indictment which alleges that Owens was previously convicted of the felony “SEXUAL ABUSE-CHILD” in cause number 11880. Owens did not enter a plea to this enhancement allegation. As proof of the enhancement paragraph, the State…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Ex Parte McWilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Hollins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Lionel D. Murphy Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
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