Edwards V. State - In the Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

Edwards V. State

By In the Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

  • Release Date: 2001-10-31
  • Genre: Law

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A jury found Jason David Edwards to be guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, and assessed as punishment a five (5) year term of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The sole issue raised on appeal addresses the legal sufficiency of the evidence regarding the proof of the "assault by threat" element of the offense. See Acts 1983, 68th Leg., R.S., ch. 977, ยง 1, 1968 Tex. Gen. Laws 5311, 5312. *fn1

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