Blackwell v. State

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

A jury assessed Appellant a life sentence for aggravated assault on a peace officer. We overrule all points relating to the guilt-innocence phase. However, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new punishment hearing because the court admitted evidence of unadjudicated acts of misconduct at the punishment hearing.

Officer Wallace stopped Renee Traylor’s car for a traffic violation. Appellant got out of the automobile and talked to Wallace. When Wallace asked him about an unexecuted arrest warrant, Appellant returned to the vehicle and told Traylor, his…