Williams v. State

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

In two separate indictments, appellant was charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. On appellant’s motion, the cases were consolidated for trial, and a jury found appellant guilty of both offenses. The jury assessed punishment for each offense at life in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The facts of the case were disputed only as to the assailant’s identity; however, the jury chose to disbelieve appellant’s alibi witnesses and other defensive evidence. The record shows that late in the afternoon of January 18, 1984, appellant abducted a…