Mott v. State

OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

The appellant was charged with the offense of aggravated assault. After entering a plea of not guilty he was convicted and sentenced by a jury. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced under Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.42 (Vernon Supp. 1992), at confinement for fourteen years. In his sole point of error, the appellant complains he was punished twice for the same offense in violation of Texas Const. art. I, § 14 and U.S. Const, amend. V.

' At the time of the offense, the appellant was serving a twenty year sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,…