Dennis Steele v. State

OPINION

Evelyn V. Keyes, Justice

A jury convicted appellant, Dennis Steele, of two counts of the third-degree felony offense of assault on a public servant for his assault on two officers at the Texas City Jail. After finding the allegations in two enhancement paragraphs true, the jury assessed punishment at fifty years’ confinement for each offense, to run concurrently. 1 In three issues, appellant contends that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request for a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of resisting arrest; (2) the trial court abused its discretion by…