Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 3/25/1998

Johnson v. State

Citations

967 S.W.2d 848
1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 39
1998 WL 131225

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holding that State need not show, in proving offense of indecency with child, that defendant knew complainant was less than seventeen years old
holding that the indecency with a child statute does not require the State to prove that a defendant knows that the victim is under the age of 17
“[T]his Court has previously held that in cases involving sexual assault of a child, such as rape of a child or indecency with a child, the State is not required to show that appellate knew the victim to be younger than 17 years of age.”
“In case after case, this Court has held that the State is not required to show that appellant knew the victim to be under the age of 17. This rule is well established and we therefore find that it is dispositive of the issue in the case at bar.”
“Absence of such express language proves otherwise.”
same for offense of indecency with child

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Judges: McCormick, Mansfield, Keller, Holland, Womack, Price, Meyers, Baird, Overstreet

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