Cruz v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before a jury to the offense of aggravated assault of a correctional officer. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.02(a)(2). He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment, enhanced under Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.42(d), at imprisonment for forty years. Appellant raises eight points of error. We affirm.

Appellant is an inmate at the Wynne Unit and was charged with assaulting Correctional Officer Jaqueline Galloway. On or about December 5, 1988, Correctional Officer Stephen Palmer was removing unauthorized items from appellant’s cell while…