On October 5, 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the two convictions of Stoyan Anastassov for the second-degree felony of indecency with a child by contact. The jury assessed punishment at nine years in prison on one charge,…
Category: Indecency With A Child
Oct.14
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Indecency With A Child | Sex Crimes
In December 2015, it took a Bowie County jury less than an hour for find 33-year-old Joshua Jacobs guilty of the aggravated sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl the year before. District Court Judge Bobby Lockhart sentenced Jacobs to the…
May26
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Indecency With A Child | Prosecutorial Misconduct | Sexual Assault
THE POLICE AND FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the police from fabricating evidence; that the courts still have to remind law enforcement of this basic premise speaks volumes about how intrinsic corruption is…
May24
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Indecency With A Child | Sex Crimes
Historically, statutory rape laws prohibit sexual conduct between an adult and a person under the age of consent. These laws are premised on the notion that persons under the age of consent, female or male, are incapable to consenting to…
Apr.16
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Illegal Pornography | Indecency With A Child
There was a time when federal sentencing was rather straightforward. A convicted defendant, either through a guilty plea or a jury verdict, appeared before a judge to face sentencing. The judge would consider a pre-sentence investigation report, entertain suggestions made…
Mar.29
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Indecency With A Child | Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
In an August 15, 2012 post, we pointed out that “common law has long recognized the fundamental principle that an accused is entitled to be tried solely on the criminal charge leveled against him by the State; that he should…
Mar.16
2016
2016
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Indecency With A Child | Sex Crimes
In Dallas, a dance studio owner has been charged with two counts of indecency with a child.
As a self-proclaimed mentor and father figure, Vann Gilbert taught children dance as a form of expression.
Following a six-month investigation,…
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