Desormeaux v. State

OPINION

DAVID GAULTNEY, Justice.

A jury convicted Leo Desormeaux IV of capital murder and injury to a child. Because the State did not seek the death penalty, the capital murder conviction carried an automatic life sentence. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.31(a)(2) (West 2011); Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (West Supp.2011). The jury assessed punishment for the injury-to-a-child offense at twenty years in prison and assessed a $10,000 fine. The sentences for the two offenses run concurrently. Desormeaux presents eleven issues for review in this appeal.

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