King v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is an assault with intent to murder. The- punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

Appellant’s chief contention is that the evidence is insufficient to justify and sustain his conviction for the following reasons: (a) because the state introduced no evidence that the knife with which the wound was inflicted was a deadly weapon by the manner in which it was used, and (b), because the evidence fails to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the wound inflicted was of such nature as likely to produce- death. Therefore, the…