Bates v. State

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice MAZZANT.

Roger Kenneth Bates appeals his convictions for sexual assault of a child. A jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at eleven years in each case, and the trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutively — “stacking” the sentences. In two issues, appellant argues the trial court erred by stacking the sentences and by including a definition of reasonable doubt in the jury charge. We affirm the trial court’s judgments.

Factual and Procedural Background

Appellant was charged with the sexual assault of a child — K.M., appellant’s neighbor. K.M.,…