Welch v. State

PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.

A jury convicted James Welch of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated robbery and sentenced him to life imprisonment plus a $10,000 fine. On appeal, Welch complains about legal insufficiency, the admission of DNA evidence, the denial of a change of venue, the absence of a jury instruction on a lesser included offense, and the admission of evidence of extraneous offenses during the punishment phase. We affirm.

Background

On December 17, 1996 around 10:00 p.m., Alice Lopez fell asleep on the sofa in the sitting area outside her second-story bedroom. At approximately 1:00…