Roy Vasquez v. State

OPINION

Jane Bland, Justice

A jury found Roy Vasquez guilty of sexual assault and assessed his punishment at 17 years’ confinement and a $10,000 fine. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.011 (West 2011). On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in prohibiting him from discussing the legal registration requirements for convicted sex offenders in his closing argument in the punishment phase. Finding no reversible error, we affirm. 1

Background

According to the complainant, early on a December morning in her home in Houston, she awoke to find a stranger entering her bedroom. The stranger, later…