Legal Opinion
Childress v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided April 1, 2009No. 10-07-00160-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REX D. DAVIS, Justice.
Melvin Childress was charged by indictment with two felony offenses: (1) dating violence assault (enhanced); and (2) aggravated assault. Childress was alleged to have poured gasoline on Tamala, his married girlfriend, and then threatened to light it with a lighter. A jury found him guilty on both charges and assessed prison sentences of ten and forty-five years, respectively, and a $10,000 fine on each. Asserting three issues, Childress appeals. We will affirm. .
Factual Sufficiency
We begin with Childress’s third issue, which alleges that the evidence is factually…
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