Jones v. State

Corrected Opinion

BASS, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for attempted murder and aggravated assault. The jury found appellant guilty of aggravated assault and the trial court assessed punishment at eight years confinement.

We affirm.

On April 25, 1981, the complainant, Don Ricardo Williams and Frank Barnes had been drinking beer outside a liquor store on Cullen Boulevard in Houston when they decided to go to a parking lot. While taking a shortcut through a laundromat, the appellant, manager of the laundromat, approached Williams and Barnes and accused them of stealing the washing machine…