Crawford v. State

HALL, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for attempt to murder Charles Robbins. He was convicted by a jury of the included lesser offense of aggravated assault, and his punishment was assessed at 6 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The state’s evidence shows that Charles Robbins hit Dooley Malone with his hand or with a pistol outside a lounge. Malone ran down the street, then met appellant, telling him Robbins had hit him in the mouth. Appellant and Malone returned to the lounge in appellant’s pickup. Appellant got out of the pickup with Malone, and with a shotgun in his hand…