Richardson v. State

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

Donald Ray Richardson was indicted for attempted murder. A jury convicted him of the lesser-included offense of aggravated assault and assessed twelve years imprisonment. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.02 (Vernon Supp.1992). The court ordered that the sentence be cumulated with a prior sentence for possession of cocaine. See Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 42.08 (Vernon Supp.1992).

In three points, Richardson alleges that there is no evidence to support the court’s charge on the lesser-included offense of aggravated assault and that the court erred in failing to rule on the…