Hayes v. State

Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

Billy D. Hayes appeals from his convictions on two counts of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child. His sole issue concerns the trial court’s implicit determination that trying the multiple offenses in the same proceeding did not unfairly prejudice him. According to appellant, the trial court had the “obligation to set forth its reasoning on the record, with or without request from either counsel, for its grant or denial of a request for severance where Texas Penal Code 3.04(b) ... is implicated.” Because the trial court did not,…