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· 1/21/1976

Sherbert v. State

Citations

  • 531 S.W.2d 636
  • 1976 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 838

How courts have described this case

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  • penetration proven where complainant testified that defendant pushed his penis against and into her female sexual organ, and medical evidence showed abrasion just outside of the vaginal opening
  • insertion of penis between labia suffices to show penetration even if vagina not entered

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Judges: Davis

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