Boughton v. State

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code § 38.03 (1974).

The jury assessed punishment at thirty days in county jail, probated for thirty days, and a $500.00 fine.

We affirm.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of evidence and the refusal to grant his requested charge on the law of circumstantial evidence.

On July 23, 1978, two Grapevine, Texas, police officers responded to a disturbance call in their city.

At the scene, they found appellant walking around a man who was bleeding and lying on the ground.

Officer Dobecka went…