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Title: Tony Bryan Roof v. State Texas
Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 14, 1984
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 55 KB

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Trial was before the jury on appellants plea of not guilty of indecency with a child. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 21.11(a)(2). After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, at seventeen years and $5,000.00. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District (Fort Worth) in an unpublished opinion. We granted appellants petition for discretionary review in order to examine the Court of Appeals holding that a defendants knowledge that his victim is under seventeen years of age is not an element of Sec. 21.11(a)(2), supra.