Javier Alberto Sabillon v. State

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedAugust 31, 2006
Docket02-05-00260-CR
StatusPublished

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Opinion

                                               COURT OF APPEALS

                                                 SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                                FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-05-260-CR

JAVIER ALBERTO SABILLON                                                 APPELLANT

                                                   V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                                STATE

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           FROM THE 372ND DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

                                MEMORANDUM OPINION[1]

I.  Introduction


Appellant Javier Alberto Sabillon appeals his conviction and life sentence for aggravated sexual assault.  In his first point, Sabillon contends that the trial court erred by admitting evidence gathered as a result of a search warrant that lacked probable cause.  In Sabillon=s second point, he complains that the trial court erred by admitting the search warrant affidavit into evidence at trial.  In his third and fourth points, Sabillon complains that the trial court erred by denying cross-examination of the complainant regarding her mental health and DWI probation.  In Sabillon=s fifth point, he asserts that the trial court erred by excluding the complainant=s statement that she was fearful of the police because of her DWI probation.  We affirm. 

II.  Background Facts

The complainant, K.R., and Sabillon dated from January 2004 to June 2004.  On July 17, 2004, K.R. went to a bar in Fort Worth with her friend, Ty Ramsey.  After K.R., Ramsey, and George Whipple, K.R.=s friend, left the bar to take Whipple to his apartment, Whipple noticed a truck following them into his apartment complex.  Ramsey, who was driving the car, stopped the car and Whipple got out to see who was following them.  When Whipple was walking back to Ramsey=s car, K.R. jumped out of the car and said, AIt=s [Sabillon].@  When K.R. got to Sabillon=s truck, Sabillon threw her in his truck and drove off.  Ramsey called the police after Sabillon left. 

Sabillon drove to his brother=s house and began yelling at K.R..  Sabillon grabbed K.R. by her neck and threatened to kill her.  K.R. then Ablacked out@ from loss of oxygen. K.R. testified that she would slip in and out of consciousness and would wake up to Sabillon sexually assaulting her.


The police called K.R.=s mother and told her that Sabillon had possibly kidnapped her daughter.  K.R.=s mother then called Sabillon=s sister and told her what the police had said.  Sabillon=s sister then got her son, Victor Weinstein, to go over to the house to see if Sabillon and K.R. were there. When Weinstein arrived, he saw Sabillon and went upstairs to check on K.R.. Weinstein then called his mother and waited for her at the house. 

The police arrived shortly after Weinstein called his mother.  When the police got to the house, they went upstairs and saw K.R. sleeping on the bed face down with her clothes on.  The police then woke her up, and K.R. told them that Sabillon had raped her.

On June 27, 2005, a jury found Sabillon guilty of aggravated sexual assault and answered true to the repeat offender notice.  The trial court assessed Sabillon=s punishment at a life sentence in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  The jury found Sabillon not guilty of aggravated kidnapping.

III.  Motion to Suppress

In his first point, Sabillon contends that the trial court erred by admitting pictures and physical evidence that were gathered as a result of a search warrant which lacked probable cause.


A.  Standard of Review

We review a trial court=s ruling on a motion to suppress evidence under a bifurcated standard of review.  Carmouche v. State, 10 S.W.3d 323, 327 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000); Guzman v. State, 955 S.W.2d 85, 89 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997).  In reviewing the trial court=s decision, we do not engage in our own factual review.  Romero v. State, 800 S.W.2d 539, 543 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990); Best v. State, 118 S.W.3d 857, 861 (Tex. App.CFort Worth 2003, no pet.).  The trial judge is the sole trier of fact and judge of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony.  State v. Ross

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