Hanley v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

John Richard Hanley entered a plea of not guilty to misdemeanor assault. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.01(a) (Vernon 1989). 1 The jury found Hanley guilty and the trial court assessed punishment at a $3,000.00 fine, one year confinement in the Harris County Jail, probated for two years, and thirty days in the Harris County Jail as a condition of probation. TexPenal Code Ann. § 12.21 (Vernon Supp.1994). In three points of error, Hanley contends the trial court improperly excused a juror sua sponte after the jury had been selected, sworn and impaneled, that his conviction is…