Jones v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of attempted murder, and the court assessed his punishment at eighteen years. Appellant contends that the court’s charge is fundamentally defective and that his motion to quash the indictment should have been granted. We affirm.

The State put on evidence which showed that the complainant’s residence was burglarized by one Barbara Williams, that Williams and appellant were arrested for committing the burglary, and that appellant shot the complainant four times in the back in retaliation. Appellant testified in an attempt to show that he acted in…