Legal Opinion

Sutton, Christopher Lee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 14, 2016No. PD-1051-15PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · RichardsonRichardson, J.

Appellant, Christopher Lee Sutton, was charged with having an improper relationship .between educator and student. 1 The indictment alleged that appellant was an employee of Caney Creek High School (CCHS) when he engaged in sexual contact or deviant sexual intercourse with G.T., a person enrolled at CCHS. Appellant was convicted on all five counts and received a ten year probated sentence on each count. The Ninth Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s convictions, holding that the record does hot contain legally sufficient evidence to allow the jury to reasonably conclude that appellant…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Ex Parte McIverCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Sutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

4Cited by3 opinions

  1. Brian Ortiz v. Montgomery County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  2. Ricardo Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2016
  3. Sammy Banegas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2019

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