Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Carlos Landrian, Appellant v. the State of Texas
October 8, 20082008 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1183
Summary
The Court held that Texas law does not require a jury to unanimously find each aggravating factor of aggravated assault; a unanimous verdict on any one of the disjunctively charged theories suffices, and therefore reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded for further review. Justice Price, concurring, agreed with the result but expressed doubts about the reasoning, and Justice Womack, concurring, emphasized the logical link between serious injury and a deadly weapon.