Shepherd v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for an aggravated assault, punishment assessed at a fine of $250.00 and confinement in the county jail for sixty days.

Prosecution is under Art. 1149 P. C. The State’s evidence shows that officers pursued appellant some thirty miles from a point in Williamson County to the point of the collision near the city of Lampasas, where appellant’s car struck one being driven by the injured party. Sometimes during the chase the officers claimed the speedometer on their car registered between 80 and 90 miles per hour. Appellant did not testify, but witnesses who…