Dale v. State

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

A jury found defendant, Willie Clarence Dale, guilty of murder and assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement. Defendant asserts the trial court erred by allowing the State to impeach him with evidence of his prior convictions, and in denying him a jury instruction on the lesser-ineluded offense of aggravated assault. The trial court did not err in its rulings, and we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

Defendant was charged, as a principal and a party, with the murder of Michael Johnson. Johnson died from a pulmonary embolus, following six…