Miranda v. State

J. WOODFIN JONES, Justice.

A jury found appellant Domingo Miranda guilty of the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child 1 and assessed punishment at incarceration for 99 years and a fine of $10,000. Appellant complains on appeal that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel during both the guilt-innocence and punishment phases of trial, and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury as to the reasonable-doubt standard applicable to extraneous-offense evidence in the punishment charge. We will affirm the conviction.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Because…