Legal Opinion

Castelan v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided August 9, 2001No. 13-99-716-CRPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice YÁÑEZ.

Appellant, Alberto Gonzalez Castelan, appeals a conviction of aggravated sexual assault of a child. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

BACKGROUND

Appellant lived in a house he shared with his wife and her son, the victim of the assault now being appealed. On September 6, 1998, appellants’ wife witnessed the victim 2 throw a glass of water at appellant. Appellant then grabbed the victim and proceeded to repeatedly and aggressively spank him. Judging the force of the spankings as excessive, appellant’s wife separated the two. The victim told his mother that…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Taylor v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Shaw v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2010
  2. Reyes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2009
  3. Villanueva v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
  4. Hanson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2005
  5. Antonio Trevino v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2021

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