Schultze v. State

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

GEORGE C. HANKS, JR., Justice.

We withdraw our Opinion of May 13, 2004 and issue the following Opinion in its stead. We deny appellant’s motion for rehearing.

Appellant, Eric Vaughn Schultze, and his co-defendants,1 Valin Thomas Klock and Scott Alan Zunker, were indicted for the first-degree felony offense of aggravated sexual assault.2 After appellant refused to enter a plea, the trial court entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf.3 A jury found appellant and his co-defendants guilty and assessed punishment of 30 years in prison for appellant, 22 years for…