FLAKES v. STATE

No. 42046.

440 S.W.2d 652 (1969)

Jeff FLAKES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. O'Dowd, Walter Boyd, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert Bennett, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for aggravated assault; the punishment, one year in jail.

The appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury that before they could find him guilty they must find that he had the specific intent to harm the injured party and in failing to charge the jury on the issue of self-defense.

The evidence reveals that the appellant and the injured party, Allen Mitchell, Jr., had...

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