James Allen Jackson v. State

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-18-00055-CR
JAMES ALLEN JACKSON, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 273rd District Court
Sabine County, Texas
Trial Court No. CR1607301
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A Sabine County jury convicted James Allen Jackson of continuous sexual abuse of Mary
Doe, a child younger than fourteen. 1 In accordance with the jury’s assessment, Jackson was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jackson also appeals from his convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child and
continuous sexual abuse of Mary’s sister, Jane Doe. Jackson has filed a single brief in which he
raises an issue common to all of his appeals. 2 He argues that the trial court committed reversible
error in admitting e-mail communications with his adult daughter.
We addressed this issue in detail in our opinion of this date on Jackson’s appeal in cause
number 06-18-00054-CR. For the reasons stated therein, we likewise conclude in this case that
Jackson’s substantial rights were not affected by the admission of the e-mails. Accordingly, we
overrule Jackson’s point of error on appeal.
We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Ralph K. Burgess
Justice
Date Submitted: November 13, 2018
Date Decided: December 21, 2018
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1
Originally appealed to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme
Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West 2013). We follow the
precedent of the Twelfth Court of Appeals in deciding this case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3.
2
Jackson appeals from his conviction for (1) aggravated sexual assault of Jane in cause number 06-18-00053-CR and
(2) continuous sexual abuse of Jane in cause number 06-18-00054-CR.
2