Legal Opinion

Watts v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided May 26, 1993No. 09-92-228 CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

A jury convicted Walker Ray Watts, Jr., of aggravated sexual assault. The trial court assessed punishment at forty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Appellant raises two points of error.

Point of error one states: “The appellant’s Sixth Amendment right to be confronted with the witness against him was violated.” Point of error two avers: “The appellant’s right of confrontation pursuant to Article 1, Section 10, of the Texas Constitution was violated.” In interpreting the confrontation clause of the state…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Briggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Hightower v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Armando Rodriguez Zuniga v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2015
  2. Watts v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1993

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