Court Opinion

ID: 9962947
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-04-24 09:17:52.653276+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:54.236763
License: Public Domain

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

                   No. 06-23-00201-CR

          JOSHUA ELLIS SUTTON, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

         On Appeal from the 102nd District Court
                 Bowie County, Texas
             Trial Court No. 23F0059-102

      Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
      Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION

       A Bowie County jury found Joshua Ellis Sutton guilty of aggravated assault with a

deadly weapon. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.02(a)(2) (Supp.). The jury assessed Sutton’s

punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment with a fine of $2,000.00. The trial court accepted the

jury’s assessment and sentenced Sutton in accordance with it.

       On appeal,1 Sutton raises two points of error: (1) the 102nd Judicial District Court did

not have jurisdiction because his indictment was out of the 202nd Judicial District Court, and (2)

his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to quash his indictment for lack of

jurisdiction. We addressed both issues in Sutton’s companion case in cause number 06-23-

00197-CR and adopt those findings in this case.

       As a result, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

                                               Scott E. Stevens
                                               Chief Justice

Date Submitted:        April 5, 2024
Date Decided:          April 19, 2024

Do Not Publish

1
 In companion cause numbers 06-23-00197-CR, 06-23-00198-CR, 06-23-00199-CR, 06-23-00200-CR, and 06-23-
00202-CR, Sutton appeals five other convictions arising from the same set of facts at issue here.
                                                   2