Cartwright v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appeal follows conviction, upon a plea of nolo contendere, for the offense of aggravated assault wherein the trial court assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for ten years. Imposition of the sentence was, however, suspended and appellant placed on probation for a period of ten years. The victim of the assault is a peace officer against whose person appellant caused the motor vehicle operated by him to collide, with serious injuries resulting.

In the sole ground of error presented, complaint is made that the trial court abused its…