Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 17, 1985No. 58780PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W.C. DAVIS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted, by a jury, of aggravated assault. The court assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement.
Appellant was originally charged, in a two-count indictment, with attempted murder and with aggravated assault by causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon. (See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Secs. 15.01, 19.-02, 22.02(a)(4) and 22.01).
The State elected to proceed only upon the attempted murder count, abandoning the aggravated assault count. The jury was instructed upon aggravated assault as a lesser included offense.
*897Appellant attacks the sufficiency of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Gonzalez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
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