Eason v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

A jury convicted appellant of attempted murder and assessed punishment at confinement for 99 years. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction. Eason v. State, No. 01-87-00233-CR, 1988 WL 85924 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st] delivered July 28, 1988).

The State contends that the court of appeals erred in deleting the affirmative finding contained in the judgment. The court of appeals deleted the affirmative finding, holding that appellant did not have sufficient notice of the State’s intent to seek a deadly weapon finding under Ex Parte…