Richardson v. State

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

Following a mistrial which resulted from a hung jury, appellant was retried and convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated rape of a child. At the punishment hearing, the jury found the indictment’s enhancement allegation to be true, and assessed punishment at confinement for 99 years. Two grounds of error are asserted, neither of which requires examination of the facts of the offense.

Appellant’s first ground of error asserts that he has been denied a meaningful appeal because the court reporter’s notes of appellant’s first trial, which resulted in a mistrial,…