Loving v. Texas (Original)
Annotate this CaseAppellant, nineteen-year-old Austin Loving, was convicted of three counts of indecency with a child by contact and two counts of indecency with a child by exposure involving two sisters. He was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for each of the indecency-by-contact counts and ten years' imprisonment, probated for ten years, on the indecency-by-exposure counts. The Court of Appeals vacated one of Appellant's convictions for indecency by exposure on double-jeopardy grounds, and it affirmed the remainder of his convictions. The Supreme Court granted the State's petition for discretionary review to determine if Appellant's vacated exposure conviction was barred by double jeopardy. Upon further review, the Supreme Court concluded that Appellant's exposure conviction was not barred by double-jeopardy principles, and accordingly reversed the judgment of the appellate court vacating Appellant's conviction for indecency with a child by exposure in Count III of the indictment regarding the older sister, and the Court affirmed its judgment as modified.
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