Nathaniel Norris v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 27, 2017
• Docket: 06-16-00154-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-16-00154-CR

NATHANIEL NORRIS, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 76th District Court Morris County, Texas Trial Court No. 11,425CR

Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess MEMORANDUM OPINION Nathaniel Norris was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault of a child and

sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Norris argues that the trial court erred (1) in

admitting allegedly unauthenticated Facebook Messenger texts sent by cell phone and (2) in

assessing court costs in this case, and all companion cases, even though they were consolidated

for trial.1

We addressed these issues in detail in our opinion of this date on Norris’ appeal in cause

number 06-16-00150-CR. For the reasons stated therein, we likewise conclude that the trial court

did not abuse its discretion in overruling Norris’ objection of improper authentication in this case,

and further find that Norris’ second issue is moot.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Ralph K. Burgess Justice Date Submitted: April 21, 2017 Date Decided: April 27, 2017

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1 Norris also appeals one conviction of indecency with a child entered in companion cause number 06-16-00150-CR, and three convictions of sexual assault of a child entered in companion cause numbers 06-16-00151-CR, 06-16-00152- CR, and 06-16-00153-CR.