Jackson v. State

OPINION

CANTU, Justice.

Charles Jackson was charged by indictment with the offense of attempted murder. A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Punishment was assessed by the trial court at five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. However, a recitation of the pertinent facts is helpful in addressing appellant’s contentions on appeal.

On October 18, 1985, appellant and his common law wife Rachelle Rene Bean were sharing their rented San Antonio home with Rachelle’s mother Doris Bean, and…