Vincent Eric Beasley v. State

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

The State charged Vincent Eric Beasley with the offense of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit sexual assault. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 30.02(a)(1) (West 2011). The jury did not convict Beasley of the primary charged offense, but found him guilty of sexual assault. It assessed punishment at nine years’ confinement. On appeal, Beasley contends that the trial court erroneously charged the jury that it could find him guilty of sexual assault as a lesser-included offense of the burglary charge, because sexual assault was not a lesser-included offense of the…