Thomas v. State

OPINION

DAY, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Joel Laundry Thomas, of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced him to confinement for 60 years. See Tex.Pen.al Code Ann. § 22.021 (Vernon 1994). Appellant challenges his conviction through five points of error: (1) the trial court erred by denying his motion for mistrial and motion for new trial due to juror misconduct; (2) the trial court erred by refusing to dismiss the jury array as it did not represent a fair cross section of the community; (3) the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to dismiss the jury due to the State’s…