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Medrano v. State

The defendant did not show any prejudice resulting from his counsel's alleged unawareness of his immigration status at the time of trial.

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Following a jury trial, Manual Medrano was convicted of one count of aggravated sexual battery and one count of child molestation against his girlfriend’s daughter, D. R.1 Medrano appeals the denial of his amended motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, a defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence, and the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the guilty verdict.”2

So viewed, the evidence shows that D. R., who was sixteen years old at the time of trial, testified that when she was eleven years old, Medrano would hug her, fondle her breasts, and tell her that he loved her “like an adult.” Later that year, Medrano then took D. R. and her sister to a vacant trailer where he had previously lived. Leaving her sister in the car, Medrano took D. R. into the trailer and had sexual intercourse with her for the first time. Afterwards, Medrano threatened “to do something to my sister and my mom would get sick” if D. R. told anyone what he had done to her.

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