Denman v. State

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Jarvis Dewayne Denman, guilty of aggravated assault and assessed punishment at 13 years. Appellant presents four issues on appeal: (1) the evidence is legally insufficient to support the conviction; (2) the evidence was factually insufficient to support the conviction; (3) the trial court erred in not including an application paragraph in the jury charge on the defense of self-defense with non-deadly force under section 9.31 of the Penal Code 1 ; and (4) trial counsel was ineffective because he elicited appellant’s prior felony convictions on…