Villarreal v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, three years.

The first ground of error is that the trial court excluded the testimony of To-var, the injured party, on cross-examination, that he had been indicted and convicted for aggravated assault upon Frutoso Garcia, Jr.

The misdemeanor conviction was not for an offense involving moral turpitude. The exclusion of such testimony was not error. The ground of error is overruled. 62 Tex.Jur.2d 244, Sec. 271; 1 Branch 2d 211, Sec. 191; Oakley v. State, 108 Tex.Cr.R. 371, 1 S.W.2d 294.

Error is urged on the ground…