MATA v. STATE

No. 13-92-053-CR.

853 S.W.2d 172 (1993)

Jose Luis MATA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

April 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Dale Robertson, Brownsville, for appellant.

Luis V. Saenz, John A. Olson, County (Crim. Dist.) Attys., Brownsville, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and DORSEY and GILBERTO HINOJOSA, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

The trial court found appellant, Jose Luis Mata, guilty of aggravated assault and assessed punishment at two years in prison. By a single point of error, he attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that the knife, in the manner of its use and intended use, was capable of causing serious bodily injury. We affirm.

The State's evidence showed that in August 1991, 63-year-old Odilon Vargas went for his daily walk in...

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