Kingsland man, guilty of Indecency with a Child

A Kingsland man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for Indecency with a Child.

On April 12, Robert Corporon was found guilty of two counts of Indecency with a Child. His punishment was assessed at 12 years on one count, and 15 years on the other.

After presiding over the trial and hearing all the evidence, 424th District Judge Evan Stubbs “stacked” the punishment for sentences to run consecutively. The punishment range for each count was between 2 years to 20 years in prison.

The victim in the case was an eight-year-old girl from Colorado, who was visiting her family at the Corporon residence in Kingsland in the summer of 2016.

According to a summary from District Attorney Sonny McAfee, the girl told her mother had been “putting his hands in her pants” while she was getting ready for bed. The girl’s mother immediately contacted law enforcement and an investigation was conducted.

Later it was learned the child also had said Corporon touched her inappropriately in Colorado, on multiple occasions, when he had come to visit family members there.

Currently, charges stemming from that contact are pending in Colorado.

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 child.

“This man is a predator who betrayed the trust of an eight-year-old little girl, and also the trust of his entire family,” said Burke. “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.”

McAfee also praised the work of the jurors.

“These are extremely difficult cases to sit through that evidence, and they are difficult to prosecute,” he said. “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.”