Adams v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on the basis that the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict.

After appellant and Sammy Patterson had an argument in a bar, Patterson went outside to get in his truck and go home. Appellant followed Patterson outside, kicked him in the back and stabbed him four times, resulting in his hospitalization for eight days with a punctured lung and a punctured ventricle of the heart.

Appellant testified that Patterson started the…