Willis v. State

OPINIÓN

Opinion by

Justice Burgess

Tevin Willis pled guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child1 and elected jury-assessed punishment. The jury assessed a thirteen-year sentence in each case, which the trial court ran consecutively, together with a $5,000.00 fine in each case. The trial court entered written judgments in both cases in accordance with the jury’s respective verdicts, but based on the appellate record filed in this Court, failed to orally pronounce sentence in open court and in Willis’ presence in either case. On appeal, Willis claims that the trial court-committed…