Chukwuemeka Mbata v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-12-00215-CR Chukwuemeka Mbata, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 147TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-DC-09-302008, HONORABLE CLIFFORD BROWN, JUDGE PRESIDING M E M O R AN D U M O P I N I O N A jury convicted Chukwuemeka Mbata of aggravated assault of a child, a first-degree felony. See Tex. Penal Code § 22.021. The trial court assessed punishment at forty years’ imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In three issues, appellant contends that (1)…