Sias v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault. The indictment alleged murder with malice, the jury found on the lesser included offense and assessed punishment at two years’ confinement and a fine of $1000.

Appellant’s sole ground of error is the trial court’s failure to include the issue of self-defense in its charge to the jury.

The record contains much conflicting testimony. However, it is clear from the evidence that on April 1, 1971, at about 2:30 a. m., a fight occurred outside the Señorial Bar in El Paso. During the affray, two men were stabbed, one of…