Lisai v. State

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

Augustine Lisai appeals from his conviction for the offense of possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution. Lisai was found guilty in a trial by jury, and the court assessed his punishment at twenty years’ confinement.

Lisai raises three points of error in which he contends (1) that the evidence was insufficient to allow the jury to determine that the item was a deadly weapon, (2) that he knowingly possessed and concealed it, and (3) that the court erred in presenting a charge to the jury that varied from the indictment.

Lisai was originally confined in the Bell…