Cosio v. State

OPINION ON REHEARING EN BANC

Opinion on Rehearing En Banc by

Justice HILL.1

Having reconsidered the issues presented in this appeal en banc, we withdraw our opinion of August 27, 2009, and replace it with this opinion.

Appellant, Jesus E. Cosio, appeals his convictions by a jury for the offenses of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by contact. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 21.11, 22.011(a)(2) (Vernon Supp. 2009). The jury assessed his punishment for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child at fifteen and twenty five years’ confinement, respectively, in the…