McQueen v. State

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for murder but found guilty by a jury of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault. The court found the enhancement allegation of the indictment to be true, and assessed punishment at 15 years confinement. Appellant asserts 14 grounds of error.

On Saturday, June 4, 1983, during an argument over a debt owed him by the deceased, appellant struck the deceased about the head and face with a stick. Two days later, the deceased died. An autopsy showed his death was the result of a brain injury.

Appellant’s first ground of error asserts that the…