Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2019

Christopher Michael Ducharme v. State

Christopher Michael Ducharme v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided May 24, 2019

Christopher Michael Ducharme v. State

Opinion

Order entered May 24, 2019

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00687-CR CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DUCHARME, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 199th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 199-80054-2018 ORDER Appellant, who was convicted of two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact, filed his brief on May 12, 2019. In the appendix to the brief, he uses the name of the victim; in the body of the brief, he uses the names of witnesses who were children at the time of the offense. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.011(c)(1) (child means a person younger than 17 years of age).

Accordingly, we STRIKE appellant’s brief.

We ORDER appellant to file, within TEN DAYS of the date of this order, an amended brief that identifies the victim and any witness who was younger than 17 years of age at the time of the offense either generically (“victim” or “complaining witness”) or by initials only. See id. We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to Lara Bracamonte Davila and the Collin County District Attorney’s Office.

/s/ LANA MYERS JUSTICE

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