Jarrett v. State

OPINION

ASHWORTH, Justice.

Appellant, Richard Paul Jarrett, was convicted upon his plea of guilty before a jury of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. V.T. C.A. Penal Code, § 21.05 (Supp.1982). That jury assessed Jarrett a life sentence.

We affirm.

Jarrett argues on appeal that: (1) the trial court erred in admitting testimony by the State’s psychiatrist during the penalty stage of trial, and that the admission of this testimony violated Jarrett’s right to counsel, (2) as well as Jarrett’s right against compulsory self-incrimination; (3) the indictment is fatally defective, as it fails to track…