Legal Opinion

Crawford v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided January 16, 1985No. 07-82-0171-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COUNTISS, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of rape of a child, section 21.09 of the Penal Code, 1 and assessed his punishment at eight years in the penitentiary, probated, and a fine of $10,000.00. Appellant attacks the conviction by six grounds of error, contending the trial court erred in failing to require the State to elect which act of intercourse was being relied on for conviction, in giving an erroneous limiting instruction on extraneous offenses, in granting the State’s motion for change of venue and denying appellant’s motions, and in refusing to admit rebuttal evidence tendered by…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. CarrSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  2. Crawford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Gonzalez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Russell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
  5. David Allen Russell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004

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