Glen Tate v. State

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Glen Tate, of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, 1 and the trial court assessed his punishment at imprisonment for life without parole. Appellant argues that (1) the State failed to prove his prior conviction for aggravated rape, which was used to enhance his convictions, and (2) the judgments should be reformed to reflect that the trial court, rather than the jury, assessed his punishment and that he pleaded “not true” to the enhancement paragraph. In a supplemental brief, appellant argues that juror misconduct deprived him of…