Anderson v. State

OPINION

PATRICE M. BARRON, Former Justice.

Appellant, Johnnie Lee Anderson, Jr., was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggra vated sexual assault. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.021(a)(1)(B) (Vernon 1994). The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In one point of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a prior extraneous offense. Because appellant offered testimony that he was a “suitable” candidate for probation, the door was opened to the admission of the prior…