Tindall v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of an assault with intent to murder and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction.

The State’s testimony, briefly stated, shows that the injured party was the mother-in-law of appellant and was living at his home on the night of the alleged assault and had been living at his home continuously for twelve years up to the time of the alleged assault. Appellant, who had been in the hospital where he was treated for…