Ieppert v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MEYERS, Judge.

According to judgments entered in the trial court, appellant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in four cases con*218solidated for prosecution. His punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for terms of 49, 40, 22, and 15 years. On appeal he claimed that these convictions were barred by the ex post facto clauses of the Texas and United States Constitutions because the statute under which he was prosecuted had not yet been enacted at the time of his allegedly criminal conduct. Tex. Const. art. I, § 16;…