Thornton v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

The appellant pled no contest to the charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. After hearing evidence, the court found the appellant guilty and sentenced him to 10 years confinement.

In point of error one, the appellant argues that the indictment fails to allege all the necessary elements of the offense and is, therefore, fundamentally defective. This argument is without merit.

Because no motion to quash the indictment was filed, only jurisdictional defects will be considered on appeal. 1 Dennis v. State, 647 S.W.2d 275, 278 (Tex.Crim.App.1983). A jurisdictional…