Legal Opinion

Drousche v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 5, 1983No. 3-82-339-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

In this appeal from a jury-trial conviction for indecency with a child, appellant argues that four grounds of error support reversal of the trial court’s judgment and sentence of ten years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The questions presented are: (1) whether a juror was properly permitted to remain on the panel once it was disclosed that he knew the victim’s father; (2) whether the court erred in refusing to charge on the lesser-included offense of assault by contact; (3) and (4) whether the seizure of photographs of the victim from appellant’s…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Andresen v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Salazar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Groh v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986
  3. Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1993
  4. Veloz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984
  5. Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1985

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