Taylor v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant, David William Taylor, appeals his conviction of aggravated assault and his sentence.

Appellant leaned through a car window in a shopping center and grabbed a woman about the neck. He began to choke the woman with his hands, held his hands completely around her neck, and tried to push her into the back seat of her car.

Appellant testified he mistakenly thought the woman was his wife and grabbed her by the shoulders; he denied trying to choke her. Appellant made an admission in judicio that even after discovering the woman was not his wife he continued to put his hands…