Hicks v. State

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Appellant, George Washington Hicks, was indicted for aggravated sexual assault. A jury found appellant guilty of the offense charged. Punishment, enhanced by proof of two prior convictions, was assessed at eighty years’ imprisonment.

Brandee Ballard, the complainant, testified that, as she was walking to the grocery store at 11:00 AM, appellant forced her into a car, tied her hands with wire, and drove her to a nearby house. He took her inside, took her to a bedroom, choked her when she began screaming, and raped her. He then talked to her for a while, and raped her again.…