Joseph McDonald v. State

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-17-00264-CR ___________________________ JOSEPH MCDONALD, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS On Appeal from the 431st District Court Denton County, Texas Trial Court No. F17-938-431 Before Sudderth, C.J.; Walker and Kerr, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr MEMORANDUM OPINION Joseph McDonald appeals his conviction and ten-year sentence for assault– family violence with a prior conviction. See

Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.01

(West Supp. 2018). He brings three issues: (1) did the trial court…