Lamarkous Demond Butler v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 188th District Court of Gregg County

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-03-00193-CR

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LEMARKOUS DEMOND BUTLER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 188th Judicial District Court

Gregg County, Texas

Trial Court No. 30282-A

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LeMarkous DeMond Butler was convicted of aggravated kidnapping. On September 5, 2003, the trial court sentenced Butler to sixty years' confinement. In the same bench trial, Butler was also convicted of sexual assault // in connection with the kidnapping. He was sentenced to sixty years' confinement for each conviction. The sentences are to run concurrently.

Butler advances the same challenges here as he does in his appeal of the aggravated sexual assault conviction. The two cases were tried together, and Butler filed one brief in which he has raised the same contentions of error, supported by the same arguments, in each appeal. No point of error calls for analysis of a specific aspect of the offense of which he was convicted.

Since the arguments raised therein are identical in the two appeals, for the reasons stated in our opinion in Butler v. State, number 06-03-00192-CR, decided this date, we likewise overrule Butler's points of error in this appeal.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Josh R. Morriss, III

Chief Justice

Date Submitted: July 14, 2004

Date Decided: July 28, 2004

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