Clay v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CORNELIUS (Retired).

Jimmy W. Clay was convicted of aggravated assault on a public servant. A jury found him guilty and set his punishment, enhanced by three prior felony convictions, at ninety-nine years’ imprisonment.

On appeal, Clay raises two issues: the trial court’s alleged error in allowing the State to cross-examine Clay at the guilt/innocence phase of the trial about his violence against prison guards during his confinement in prison, and the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury, or allow defense counsel to inform the jury, that any sentence received in…