Legal Opinion

Foty v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 7, 1988No. C14-87-00120-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the offense of inducing a child under seventeen years of age to engage in sexual conduct. The court assessed punishment at eleven years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant brings three points of error asserting the trial court erred in (1) admitting complainant’s videotaped statement into evidence; (2) allowing the state to amend the indictment; and (3) failing to grant appellant’s motion for an instructed verdict. We reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial.

On June 3, 1985, appellant photographed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Scott v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  2. Powell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Orian Lee Scott v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  4. Orian Lee Scott v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005

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