Sears v. State

OPINION

DON BURGESS, Justice.

A jury convicted Rick Wayne Sears of aggravated sexual assault of a child and, upon finding the State’s enhancement allegation “true,” sentenced Sears to confinement for life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Sears appeals raising three issues.

Issue one contends the evidence adduced during the punishment phase of the trial was legally insufficient to sustain the jury’s finding of “true” to the State’s enhancement allegation. Defense counsel objected to the judgment entered by the State purporting to establish Sears’ 1982…