Blount v. State

OPINION

EVA M. GUZMAN, Justice.

Appellant pleaded not guilty to the offense of burglary of a habitation and was convicted by a jury of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault. In response to a special issue, the jury found appellant used a deadly weapon in committing the aggravated assault. The trial court assessed punishment at twenty-two years’ incarceration. In a single issue, appellant contends, the trial court erred in entering an affirmative finding that appellant used a deadly weapon because the State did not provide appellant written notice of its intent to seek such a…