Legal Opinion
Yates v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 3, 2012No. 06-12-00003-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice CARTER.
Danny Evert Yates stopped his truck in front of the victim’s home in New Boston, Bowie County, Texas, where he forced the victim into the truck at gunpoint.1 Yates then drove several miles away to a dirt road near the Highway 8 bridge over the Red River. There, Yates sexually assaulted the victim four times. Yates then drove the victim back to her neighborhood in New Boston and released her near her home.
In Bowie County, Texas, Yates was indicted on four counts of aggravated sexual assault while using or exhibiting a deadly weapon, to-wit: a gun2 and one count…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Torres v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2004
- Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Burns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Gaudette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
3Cited by4 opinions
- Jabrice Davan Ortega v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2021
- James Allen Brickley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2021
- Melvin Jermain Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2014
- Stephan Andrew Cox v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2016