Hooks v. State

OPINION

OVARD, Justice.

Cassandra Yolanda Hooks appeals her conviction for aggravated assault. In a bench trial, Hooks pleaded not guilty. The court found her guilty and assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement, probated for ten years. Hooks complains that her waiver of a jury trial was involuntary and unintentional. Because, under the facts presented, the trial court’s guilty finding necessarily involved an affirmative finding that a deadly weapon was used, we hold the trial court’s judgment to be void. As the judgment is void, we need not address Hooks’s jury waiver complaint. We re…