Messick v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was charged in a one-count indictment with “aggravated assault upon the person of Carolyn Barnett by pointing a pistol, a deadly weapon, at, toward and in the direction of Carolyn Barnett and orally threatening to shoot her.” He was convicted by a jury of terroristic threats and appeals from the judgment entered on that conviction.

Evidence adduced at trial shows that appellant and Barnett lived together in Barnett’s house prior to the incident giving rise to appellant’s indictment. On the night of the incident, appellant went to Barnett’s house and found Barnett with…