Jury finds Dickson not guilty of assault

A Donley County jury last Thursday acquitted 19-year-old Autray Dickson of first degree aggravated sexual assault of a child.

At the conclusion of the three-day jury trial, the jury found the Memphis man not guilty of the charged offense and the lesser included offense of indecency with a child.
District Attorney Luke Inman prosecuted the case for the State of Texas with the Honorable Stuart Messer presiding.

Dickson was arrested by Sheriff Butch Blackburn on May 11, 2010. Dickson was later indicted by the Donley County Grand Jury on October 27, 2010, on three counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.

Dickson was represented by Earl Griffin from Childress at the jury trial.

“Twelve residents of Donley County took an oath to follow the law,” said Inman. “After hearing all the testimony and evidence, they found the Defendant not guilty. That’s why we have jury trials in this great state.”

According to court records, there are two other pending cases against Dickson for other first degree felony offenses of aggravated sexual assault of a child.