Bynum v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault of a prison guard. Appellant was found guilty by a jury and his punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, was assessed at fifteen years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. This sentence to be cumulat-ed with the ten year sentence currently being served. We affirm.

Appellant, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections, was being transferred by bus from the Walls Unit to the Ramsey II Unit when the offense occurred. Appellant managed to release himself from his handcuffs during the…