Babcock v. State

OPINION

MIKE WILLSON, JUSTICE

The jury found Silas Mark Babcock guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.1 Appellant elected to have the trial court assess his punishment. After Appellant pleaded “true” to two enhancement allegations, the trial court found the allegations to be true, assessed punishment at confinement for seventy years, and sentenced Appellant accordingly. On appeal, Appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed an assault by threat and that he used a deadly weapon in that assault. We affirm.

I. The Charged…