Nichols v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction under Article 1160a, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., for assault with intent to murder a police officer.1 A jury assessed punishment of ten (10) years’ confinement and a $6,000 fine, probated.

Among other grounds of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in refusing his requested charge on circumstantial evidence.

The record reflects that around 1:30 a. m. on July 21, 1972, Detective Evans of the Houston Police Department, accompanied by other officers from Houston and Huntsville, converged on a house in a quiet residential…