Nelson v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Willie Cannon Nelson, appeals his judgment of conviction for the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The jury rejected appellant’s plea of not guilty and assessed punishment at forty-five years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

In his first point of error appellant asserts that the trial court erred by denying the defense the right of a meaningful notice and reply in jury argument, both upon the merits of the felony charge and on the punishment phase of the prosecution.

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