Jace Martin Laws v. State

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana No. 06-19-00221-CR JACE MARTIN LAWS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 188th District Court Gregg County, Texas Trial Court No. 48,106-A Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ. Opinion by Justice Stevens Dissenting Opinion by Justice Burgess OPINION A Gregg County jury convicted Jace Martin Laws of assaulting peace officers Nathaniel Lemmon and Christopher Byrdsong. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(b-2) (Supp.). The jury also assessed a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment for Lemmon’s…