Vera v. State

ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND

POFF, Justice.

Appellant Daniel Salazar Vera was found guilty by a jury of aggravated sexual assault. The jury assessed punishment at 28 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. In his first point of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in allowing the State’s attorney to make argument to the jury outside the record. In his second point of error, appellant contends the trial court erred by not holding a hearing on his motion for new trial within 75 days after sentence was imposed and in allowing his motion…