Ward v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FELIPE REYNA, Justice.

A jury convicted Brian Ward of assaulting a sheriffs deputy who was trying to move him from one jail cell to another. The jury sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment and a $4,000 fine. Ward contends in three issues that: (1) the court erred by denying his requested charge on the law of self defense as it applies in a resisting arrest case; (2) the jury’s refusal to find that he has no prior felony convictions is against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence; and (3) the jury’s finding on the prior-felony-conviction issue conflicts with…