Phillip Frias v. State

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS PHILLIP FRIAS, § No. 08-13-000325-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 171st District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of El Paso County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 20130D03266) § OPINION A jury convicted Phillip Frias of two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping. On appeal, Frias challenges his convictions by arguing that (1) the jury charge egregiously harmed him because it lacked statutory language pertinent to the “without consent” element of the offense of aggravated sexual assault, and (2) that the…