On April 12, 2018, a jury found Kingsland resident, Robert Corporon, guilty of two counts of Indecency with a Child, and then assessed his punishment at 12 years on one count, and 15 years on the other. After presiding over the trial and hearing all the evidence, Judge Evan Stubbs then “stacked” the punishment so the sentences will run consecutively. The punishment range for each count was between 2 years to 20 years in prison.
The victim in the case was an 8 year old girl from Colorado, who was visiting her family at the Corporon residence in Kingsland in the summer of 2016. The girl told her mother that Corporon had been “putting his hands in her pants.” The girl’s mother contacted law enforcement and an investigation was conducted. Later it was learned the child had also said Corporon touched her inappropriately in Colorado, on multiple occasions, when he had come to visit family members there. There are currently charges pending in Colorado stemming from that conduct.
Assistant District Attorney Stacy Burke prosecuted the case, assisted by paralegal Angela Smith. Paul Stuckle of Plano represented Corporon. The trial began Monday and concluded Thursday evening.
Burke said she was satisfied with the jury’s decision and was glad the jury believed the 8 year old child. She said further, “This man is a predator who betrayed the trust of an 8 year old little girl, and also the trust of his entire family. We learned the abuse began about three years before she told her mother, and finally someone put a stop to it. We thank the jury for their service and are proud they held him accountable for his horrible conduct.”
District Attorney Sonny McAfee also praised the work of the jurors. McAfee said, “These are extremely difficult cases to sit through that evidence, and they are difficult to prosecute. I am proud of the job that Stacy did in prosecuting this case, and I am very happy that these jurors worked as hard as they did to arrive at the verdicts they rendered. I am also very pleased to see Judge Stubbs stack the sentences so Corporon will not begin to serve the 15 year sentence until he has served the 12 year sentence.”