Legal Opinion

Henderson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided August 30, 2006No. 03-04-00687-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

A jury found appellant Roger Wallace Henderson guilty of assault and assessed punishment at 150 days’ incarceration. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 22.01(a)(1) (West Supp.2005). The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court violated appellant’s Sixth Amendment rights by entering an affirmative finding that “the said Defendant committed family violence in the course of committing the offense charged.” 1 We hold that it did not and affirm the conviction.

The court’s finding was entered in the judgment pursuant to code of criminal procedure article…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Damaris Nacole Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
  2. Michael Glenn Melton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007

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