May v. State

Appeal is taken from a judgment of conviction for the offense of aggravated assault. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 22.02(a)(4) (Supp.1982). Punishment was assessed by a jury at incarceration for three years.

By his two grounds of error, appellant complains that the district court erred in failing to sustain his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, and in not granting him a mistrial on the court’s own motion when it became evident that he was being denied effective assistance of counsel. This Court will reverse the judgment of conviction, and remand the cause for a new trial.

In his first ground…