SAKIL v. STATE

No. PD-0971-08.

287 S.W.3d 23 (2009)

Eric SAKIL, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fernando Chacon, Esq., and Lydia M.V. Brandt, Richardson, El Paso, for Appellant.

Lisa C. McMinn, Fiorst Asst. State's Atty., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

MEYERS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Appellant, Eric Sakil, was charged with assault, enhanced under Penal Code Section 22.01(b)(2).1 TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(b)(2) (Vernon 2003). At trial, a psychiatrist testified to Appellant's present use of prescription medication and former abuse of drugs and alcohol. The psychiatrist described the behavioral effects of drugs Appellant had used...

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