Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 18, 2017No. PD-1049-16PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Yeary, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., and Keasler, Hervey, Alcala and Keel, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. TEX. PENAL CODE § 22.01(a)(2). The Court of Appeals held the evidence to be legally insufficient to establish the deadly-weapon element of the offense, reformed the judgment to reflect a conviction for the lesser-included offense of simple assault, and remanded for a new punishment hearing. Hernandez v. State , No. 06-15-00167-CR, 2016 WL 4256938, at *15 (Tex. App.-Texarkana 2016). We reverse the opinion of the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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