Criner v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant pled not guilty to the offense of aggravated sexual assault. On May 1, 1990, a jury convicted him of that offense. The jury then set appellant’s punishment at ninety-nine years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, and a $10,000 fine. On direct appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and ordered that appellant be acquitted. Criner v. State, 816 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.App. — Beaumont, 1991). This Court granted the State’s petition on three grounds for review,…