Sims v. State

OPINION

The appellant was convicted by a jury for the offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a knife. 1 The jury assessed the appellant’s sentence at four years’ confinement. We granted the appellant’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the State, during the punishment phase of trial, may introduce character evidence in the form of opinion testimony when that opinion is based on no more than a single encounter with law enforcement that constitutes an extraneous offense. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the evidence presented at the punishment phase of…