SAVANT v. STATE

No. 52121.

544 S.W.2d 408 (1976)

Blanchard Lee SAVANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Phillips, Jr., Angleton, for appellant.

Thomas L. Hanna, Dist. Atty. and Jimmie R. Stanton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of assault with a prohibited weapon (Art. 1151, V.A.P.C., 1925); the punishment is imprisonment for 5 years. The imposition of sentence was suspended and the appellant was granted probation.

The appellant complains of the court's charge; he asserts that it permitted the jury to convict him on a theory not supported by the evidence. We agree that the court's charge was...

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