Hall v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Assault with Intent to Murder with Malice aforethought; the punishment, two (2) years- confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

At the outset, the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction in view of what he contends is the absence of a showing of a specific intent to kill and physical injury to the person upon whom the assault was made.

The State’s evidence reveals that on December 15, 1966, Hugh F. Hartman, a Texas Highway Patrolman, was on patrol in Gonzales County. At approximately 9:45 p. m., he observed an…