Sifford v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault. Punishment was assessed by the court at 20 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Court of Appeals, 13th Supreme Judicial District, held that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to quash the indictment, which was defective for misjoinder of offenses, reversed appellant’s conviction, and dismissed the indictment. Sifford v. State, 704 S.W.2d 571 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1986). We granted the State’s Petition for Discretionary…