Derrick Demontre Norman v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

Derrick Norman was charged with two counts of injury to a two-year-old child. The State requested, as to each charge, that there be an affirmative finding that he used a deadly weapon, “hot liquid.” Norman waived his right to a jury trial and pled not guilty. He has now been convicted in a bench trial and sentenced to life imprisonment on each count. On appeal, Norman argues that the trial court erred in failing to advise him “that he had a right to a jury trial on the punishment issue of whether or not ‘hot liquid’ was a deadly weapon,” claiming that…