Thomas v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for criminal attempt to commit murder. The victim testified that she awoke to find a man kneeling beside her bed; the man put his hands around her neck and choked her. The victim’s grandson came into the room and fought with the man, whom he identified as the appellant. The man dove out a window; the appellant’s fingerprint was on the sill. A jury found that the appellant was guilty of criminal attempt to commit murder. The jury also found that the appellant had once before been convicted of a felony, and it assessed his punishment at…