Opinion ID: 4041832
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Text: After getting off work as a maid at the Best Value Inn in Lewisville, Texas, Modesta Sanchez-Montero saw Jones walk by where she was sitting. About twenty minutes later, Jones approached her from behind, grabbed her, and demanded money. Jones was wielding an object that appeared to be a screwdriver and threatened to stab Sanchez-Montero if she did not comply with his demands. He then began beating her and forcibly dragging her towards a 2Although Jones appealed his conviction for attempted aggravated kidnapping, he did not assert any error. Thus, we affirm the conviction as a matter of course and include it here only in the interest of clarity. truck in the parking lot. Sanchez-Montero broke free, ran to her room, and called the motel owner. The owner confronted Jones and told him to wait while the owner investigated the situation. Jones instead got into his truck and fled the motel. The State charged Jones with aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and attempted aggravated kidnapping. The pertinent portion of Jones's aggravated robbery indictment read: [Wjhile in the course of committing theft of property and with intent to obtain or maintain control of said property, [Jones did] intentionally or knowingly threaten or place Modesta Sanchez-Montero in fear of imminent bodily injury or death, and [Jones] did then and there use or exhibit a deadly weapon, to-wit: a screwdriver or an object unknown to the Grand Jury, that in the manner of its use or intended use was capable of causing death or serious bodily injury. The pertinent portion of Jones's aggravated assault indictment read: [Jones did] intentionally or knowingly threaten Modesta SanchezMontero with imminent bodily injury, and did then and there during the commission of said assault, use or exhibit a deadly weapon, towit: a screwdriver or an unknown object to the Grand Jury, that in the manner of its use or intended use was capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.