Villa v. State

OPINION

in which PRICE, JOHNSON, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

Appellant was indicted for the offenses of indecency with a child and aggravated *458sexual assault. The jury found Appellant not guilty of indecency with a child but guilty of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced him to confinement for fifty years. On appeal, Appellant claimed that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to request a jury instruction on the medical-care defense. The court of appeals reversed and remanded, holding that Appellant would have been entitled to an instruction on the…