Phillips v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of injury to an elderly individual. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 22.04(a)(1) (Supp.1988). The trial court assessed punishment at imprisonment for eight years. We will affirm the judgment.

The evidence showed that appellant, a Viet Nam veteran and resident of the Tutor Farm Residential Facility in Bell County, severely beat another Farm resident, 65-year-old Johnny D. Hicks.

In his first point of error, appellant complains that the trial court erred in over ruling one of his objections to the jury charge. Appellant contends that the charge as submitted improperly permitted…