WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The highest criminal court in Texas has denied a petition for review for Anthony Ryan Patterson, exhausting his final appellate option to overturn his convictions for human trafficking and child sex crimes.
Patterson, 49, of Wichita Falls, was found guilty by a Tarrant County jury on one count of trafficking of a person, three counts of indecency with a child, and one count of sexual performance by a child on Nov. 19, 2024. The following day, the same jury sentenced Patterson to an effective 33-year prison sentence.
Patterson hired Keith Hampton, a renowned and high-profile defense attorney from Austin, to represent him on appeal. On Nov. 6, 2025, the appellate court returned its decision, affirming his convictions and sentences…