Torres v. State

ONION, Justice (Retired).

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of fourteen (14) years. Following the jury’s verdict of guilty, the trial court assessed appellant’s punishment at twenty-five (25) years in the Texas Department of Corrections. 1

Appellant advances two points of error. First, he contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for a mistrial when the prosecutor in his opening statement to the jury stated that the appellant had made threatening telephone calls to his wife after he had been placed in jail. Second,…