Wright v. State

OPINION

JOHN F. ONION, JR., Justice (Retired).

Appellant Reo Dell Wright appeals his conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 22.021 (West Supp.2005). The jury found appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at thirty-six years’ imprisonment.

POINTS OF ERROR

Appellant advances two interrelated points of error. Appellant contends that the trial court committed egregious harm by failing to sua sponte include a jury instruction on the burden of proof as to the extraneous offenses (1) in the penalty stage of the trial and (2) earlier in the guilt-innocence…