DENHAM v. STATE

No. 56136.

574 S.W.2d 129 (1978)

Mary Helen DENHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. John Allison, Jr. (on appeal only), Dallas, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., William M. Lamb and Dan Garrigan, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, for the State.


OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault; the punishment assessed is imprisonment for 10 years. The indictment alleges that the appellant used a knife, a deadly weapon, intentionally to threaten imminent bodily injury to the complainant.

Appellant's sole contention is that the evidence is insufficient to prove that the knife she used to stab the complainant was a deadly weapon. The knife, which was not...

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