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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 15:58:00+00:00

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the defendant uses or exhibited a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault.
Aggravated assault is typically charged as a felony in the second degree. In some cases, the offense can be charged as a felony in the first degree depending on the presence of other aggravating factors such as the status of the victim.
If you were charged with the serious criminal offense of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury to another or using a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault, then contact an experienced criminal defense attorney in Fort Worth, TX. Our attorneys are experience defending these types of allegations involving a crime of violence.
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Under Texas Penal Code § 22.02(b), the crime of aggravated assault is generally a second-degree felony that carries a punishment range of two to twenty years. Under § 22.02(b)(1), the crime of aggravated assault may become a first-degree felony when the defendant uses a deadly weapon. If the deadly weapon allegation is proven, then it prevents the defendant from being eligible for community supervision.
The prosecutor for the State of Texas can also reach the first-degree felony punishment range because of an enhancement if the defendant has a prior felony to which the defendant had entered a plea. The second-degree felony of aggravated assault is punished as first-degree felony when the defendant has a prior felony conviction.
used a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault.
Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 22.01(a)(1); § 22.02(a)(1), § 22.02(b)(1) and Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 71.003, 71.005.
A deadly weapon is “anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.” Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 1.07(a)(17)(B) (West Supp. 2016).
that someone was put in actual danger.
Even hands and feet may qualify as deadly weapons by the way they are used. Other items not designed to be weapons can also qualify. For instance, although a beer bottle should not always be considered a deadly weapon, or the act of hitting someone with a bottle inevitably the cause of serious bodily harm, for purposes of elevating offense to aggravated assault.
testimony that the object had the potential to cause death or serious bodily injury.
When determining whether a bodily injury creates a substantial risk of death, the courts consider the impairing quality of the bodily injury as it was inflicted on a complainant by the defendant. Therefore, the amelioration of an injury through medical treatment must be considered.
For instance, in Blea v. State, 483 S.W.3d 29, 31, 34–35 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016), the court held that an injury qualified as “serious bodily injury” when the victim had a collapsed lung, she was taken to a hospital, the lung required a tube to permit breathing, and medical testimony described a risk of death.
against a person the actor knows is a security officer while the officer is performing a duty as a security officer.
The actor is presumed to have known the person assaulted was a public servant or a security officer if the person was wearing a distinctive uniform or badge indicating the person's employment as a public servant or status as a security officer.
in discharging the firearm, causes serious bodily injury to any person.
If you were charged with a felony for aggravated assault, then contact an experienced criminal defense attorney in Fort Worth at Law Offices of Richard C. McConathy. Call us for a free consultation to discuss the charges pending against you, the maximum and minimum penalties that come with a conviction for that offense, and important defenses that can result in the judge dismissing the case completely.
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This article was last updated on Monday. April 17, 2017.

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