Legal Opinion

Dickerson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 31, 1951No. 25114PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of sodomy and awarded a penalty of seven years in the state penitentiary.

The facts show that by means of using his mouth on the sexual parts of a 13-years-old boy, appellant had carnal copulation with such boy.

The evidence shows that on the day in question the appellant offered to show this boy some recently born puppies in a trailer house where appellant was living some short distance from where the boy lived. At such time the boy and his cousin, a 22-year-old woman, were sitting on the side of an empty swimming pool about 75…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Glover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Heflin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955

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