Hood v. State

OPINION

in which KELLER, P.J., KEASLER, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

At issue is whether the government violated due-process principles by adding two enhancement paragraphs to appellant’s reindictment after appellant’s conviction on the original indictment was reversed on appeal. We decide that no due-process violation occurred.

Appellant was indicted in November 1994 for aggravated sexual assault of a child under fourteen years of age. This indictment contained no enhancement paragraphs. A jury convicted appellant of the offense charged in this indictment and assessed a sixty-five-year…