Rodriguez v. State

OPINION

TOM GRAY, Justice.

Appellant, Theodore Rodriguez, was convicted of one count of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison on count one and to 16 years in prison on counts two and three. He appeals, urging in four issues only that his trial counsel was ineffective. Because the complaints were not properly preserved at the trial court level, we will affirm his conviction.

Rodriguez asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective during both the guilt/innocence phase and punishment phase of his trial. Specifically, he claims…