Gilmore v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Danny Gilmore, appeals his judgment of conviction for aggravated assault. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.02 (Vernon Supp.1994). The jury rejected his plea of not guilty and assessed punishment at eight (8) years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.

On May 2, 1991, a group of young men were congregated outside the Cedar Terrace Housing Projects in Galveston. About 2:00 p.m., appellant and his girlfriend drove up alongside the Cedar Terrace curb. Appellant beckoned his friend, John Edward Thompson, known…