Jefferson v. State

DALLY, Justice.

Appellant Devlin Jefferson appeals from his conviction for aggravated assault on a public servant. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.02(a)(2), (b)(2) (West 1994). The jury found that appellant used his hands as a deadly weapon in the commission of the offense and assessed appellant’s punishment, enhanced by prior felony convictions, at imprisonment for 35 years. The trial court made an affirmative finding that appellant used a deadly weapon during the commission of the offense and ordered that appellant’s sentence commence upon the completion of appellant’s previous felony…