Sledge v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for assault with intent to murder with malice. A jury having found appellant guilty of this offense, the punishment was assessed by the court at twenty (20) years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

At the outset, we shall consider appellant’s contention that the trial court erred in refusing to submit his special requested charge on defense of habitation after such charge had been presented in writing to the court.

The record reflects that the complaining witness, Gilbert Nail, was the husband of appellant’s…