Sawyer v. State

CANNON, Justice.

The appellant was charged by separate indictments with two counts of indecency with a child, both of which were enhanced by a prior conviction for indecency with a child. The appellant entered pleas of guilty after the State abandoned the enhancement paragraphs. The court found appellant guilty and, after a pre-sentence investigation, assessed punishment at eight years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. To this sentence appellant excepted and gave notice of appeal. Both appeals raise four identical grounds of error; we have, therefore, consolidated these…