THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 48074.

521 S.W.2d 621 (1974)

Freeman E. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. London and Joe Daniel Stokes, III, Austin, for appellant.

Robert D. Smith, Dist. Atty. and Carl Clover, Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, David A. Sheppard, Dist. Atty. and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for assault with the intent to murder a peace officer; the punishment, imprisonment for thirty-five years. In one of his grounds of error, the appellant contends that he was entitled to a charge on the lesser included offense of aggravated assault. He urges that his testimony that he did not intend to kill the prosecuting witness raised the issue of the lack of such intent and required the submission of a charge...

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