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· 6/28/2012

Kylie Lorraine Michell A/K/A Kylie Brown v. State of Texas

Citations

  • 381 S.W.3d 554
  • 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 5166
  • 2012 WL 2454069

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • determining that child’s statements to police officer and to 911 operator were general allusions to sexual abuse but that child’s statements to forensic interviewer provided “how, when, and where” of abuse
  • explaining that continuous-sexual-abuse statute was enacted “in response to a need to address sexual assaults against young children who are normally unable to identify the exact dates of the offenses when there are ongoing acts of sexual abuse”
  • highlighting evidence was sufficient to establish conviction for continuous sexual abuse through victim’s testimony of where abuse occurred, grade she was in at time of abuse, and what season abuse occurred
  • highlighting evidence was sufficient to establish conviction for continuous sexual abuse through victim’s testimony of where abuse occurred, grade she was in at time of abuse, and what season abuse occurred
  • “Perhaps the Texas Legislature can address this conundrum and consider enacting a new penal statute that focuses on a continuing course of conduct . . . .”

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Judges: Wright, McCall, Kalenak

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