Legal Opinion

Reyna v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided September 27, 1990No. 13-88-341-CR, 13-88-342-CRPublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SEERDEN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child; punishment was assessed at fifty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. By eight points of error, appellant challenges the competency of the child witness to testify against him, the use of anatomically correct dolls at trial, the admission of statements made by the complainant to her physician, and the constitutionality of Tex.Code Crim. Proc.Ann. art. 38.072 (Vernon Supp.1990), the “first outcry” statute. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. People v. KellyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by52 opinions

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  3. Woods v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Galindo v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1993

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