State v. Paro

GRIMM, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of one count of sodomy and assessed punishment at twenty-two years imprisonment. Defendant appeals, raising three points.

His first point is controlling. In that point, he alleges the trial court committed plain error by giving a verdict directing instruction which was no longer applicable. He contends that at the time the information was filed and the instruction was given, “hand to genital contact did not constitute *340sodomy.” We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. Background

The State filed an information on January 6, 1995. In that information, it…