Jones v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated assault, and the trial court assessed his punishment at eight years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections.

On appeal the appellant raised two grounds of error. One complained the trial court erred in refusing appellant’s request to read to the jury all the testimony relevant to a disputed issue in response to a jury note, which error was an abuse of discretion under Article 36.28, V.A.C.C.P., and a violation of due process. The Court of Appeals rejected both…