HAWKINS v. STATE

No. 64352.

605 S.W.2d 586 (1980)

James Milton HAWKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Schaffer, Houston, court appointed on appeal only, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Joan Fisher and Carl Haggard, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, ODOM and DALLY, JJ.


OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of aggravated assault. The punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, is imprisonment for ten years.

The appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction for aggravated assault; he asserts that the evidence does not support a finding that the knife used was a deadly weapon as alleged or that he intentionally or knowingly threatened the...

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