Brooks v. State

HALL, Justice.

Waiving a trial by jury and pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, appellant Anthony Quinn Brooks was convicted by the court for the offense of aggravated assault. Punishment was assessed at confinement in the Department of Corrections for sixteen years. We affirm the judgment.

In two points of error appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence in light of his affirmative defense of insanity, and the admission of his statement into evidence.

It is undisputed that appellant struck a 76 year-old man in the face with a broken broom handle on May 23, 1985, in the Hill…