Ducker v. State

OPINION

Opinion By Justice LAGARDE.

James David Ducker appeals his conviction of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than fourteen years of age. Tex. Pen.Code ANn. § 22.021 (Vernon Supp. 2001). Appellant entered a plea of not guilty, but changed his plea to guilty after the State’s opening statement. Appellant also pleaded true to one enhancement paragraph. The trial court accepted appellant’s guilty plea and instructed the jury to find appellant guilty as charged in the indictment. The jury found appellant guilty, and the trial court assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

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