Lopez v. State

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

Introduction

Appellant Sergio Rodriguez Lopez entered an open plea of guilty to aggravated sexual assault of A.H., a child younger than fourteen years of age. After a bench trial, the trial court found him guilty and assessed his punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment. This appeal followed.

In two issues, appellant contends that (1) the bench trial was improper because the trial court failed to comply with the requisites of article 1.13(a) of the code of criminal procedure concerning waiver of trial by a jury, and (2) the trial court reversibly erred by failing to…