Gerald VanBrackle v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-04-00272-CR Gerald VanBrackle, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 9034085, HONORABLE BRENDA P. KENNEDY, JUDGE PRESIDING OPINION A jury found appellant Gerald VanBrackle guilty of attempted murder and aggravated assault. See

Tex. Pen. Code Ann. §§ 15.01, 19.02 (West 2003), § 22.02 (West Supp. 2004-05). After finding that appellant had two previous felony convictions, the district court imposed forty-year prison sentences for each offense. Among the issues raised…