Roberts v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an aggravated assault conviction. The jury rejected appellant’s not guilty plea, and found he used a deadly weapon, a pistol, in the commission of the offense. The jury then found that the appellant had two prior felony convictions, and assessed punishment at confinement for a term of forty-five years. Issues on appeal concern the sufficiency of the evidence, testimony by a police officer, and certain rulings of the trial court. We affirm.

In the early morning of November 17, 1986, Houston police officers R.A. Parrott and G.R. Marchetti responded…