Sorola v. State

OPINION

CANTU, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.

At the outset we are confronted with reversible error presented to us in appellant’s first ground of error. This first ground of error asserts that it was reversible error for the trial court to assess punishment following the jury’s verdict of guilty. We agree and reverse.

The record reflects that following the jury’s decision that appellant was guilty of capital murder, the jury was sent back to the jury room. Outside the presence of the jury, the trial court, the…