Legal Opinion
Tyson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 7, 2005No. 2-03-375-CR, 2-03-376-CRPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TERRIE LIVINGSTON, Justice.
Appellant Lawton Frederick Tyson a/k/a Lawton F. Tyson appeals from his convictions on one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of fourteen and five counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of seventeen. In three points, he contends that the trial court reversibly erred by permitting the State to amend the indictment on the day of trial, by granting the State’s motion to cumulate the sentences for each count and each offense, and by charging the jury on counts two through five of the sexual assault offense in the disjunctive.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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3Cited by46 opinions
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