Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A sentence for assault is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred in making a family-violence factual finding because: 1) defendant was not given proper notice of the family-violence allegation; and 2) pursuant to Apprendi v. New Jersey, the trial court erred in failing to submit the family-violence issue to the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2006
• Published 04/12/2006

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William E. Trantham, Denton, for Appellant., Charles E. Orbison, Asst. Criminal District Atty., Denton, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.