January v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated kidnapping. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 90 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

In his first two grounds of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his request to have the jury instructed at the punishment phase of the trial not to consider extraneous offenses in assessing the punishment for aggravated kidnapping. Appellant concedes that he has been unable to find authority in support of his argument. The State, for its part, concedes that Texas law prohibits a jury from being…