Legal Opinion

Speights, Billy Wayne

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 1, 2015No. PD-0543-14PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · YearyYeary, J.

unanimous Court.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of indecency with a child — one count of indecency by contact and one count of indecency by exposure. On appeal he contended that his conviction for indecency with a child by exposure improperly subjected him to double jeopardy. Speights v. State, No. 06-12-00137-CR, 2014 WL 1246074, at *7 (Tex.App.-Texarkana Mar. 26, 2014) (not designated for publication). The court of appeals agreed and seemed to hold — categorically—that the offense of indecency by exposure “would necessarily be subsumed” within the offense of indecency by contact.…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  2. Patterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  3. Garfias, ChristopherCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  4. Maldonado, Anthony L.Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015

4Cited by34 opinions

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  5. Brian Martin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2015

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