Legal Opinion

Granger v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1987No. 09 85 249 CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of aggravated assault, and the court assessed punishment at seven years in the Texas Department of Corrections, plus a fine of $500. The imprisonment sentence was probated by the court. Appeal has been perfected to this court.

Appellant’s first ground of error follows:

“The evidence is insufficient to sustain the Appellant’s conviction wherein the State failed to prove the club used in the assault to be a deadly weapon.”

The jury had evidence before it that appellant struck complainant several times in the head with a “stick” or…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Jackson v. State of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Denham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Simpkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. McClendon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Thieu Quang Bui v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
  2. Bethel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
  3. Warren v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
  4. Taylor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
  5. Charles Alpine v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008

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