FAGBEMI v. STATE

No. 6-89-058-CR.

778 S.W.2d 119 (1989)

Lincoln Biola FAGBEMI, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

August 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Charles Whitfield, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Dist. Atty., Timothy G. Taft, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, for appellee.


GRANT, Justice.

Lincoln Biola Fagbemi was convicted of aggravated assault. In accordance with the jury's assessment of punishment, he was sentenced to five years' confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and was granted probation. He appeals.

Fagbemi contends that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to take an oath for truthfulness on his tribal icon (Akolmologoba) in the presence of the jury, and in failing to order that the complaining...

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