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On March 16, 2021, less than six months after his release from prison, he was arrested for assaulting his brother a third time by cutting him with a knife or bladed instrument. He was released on $18,000 bond (he had to pay a bond company ten percent) on April 3, 2021 and was indicted for assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction as a habitual offender on April 23, 2021. Assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction is a third degree felony punishable by up to ten years in prison, but it becomes a second degree felony punishable by up to twenty years if the state files an enhancement paragraph alleging one prior prison sentence and it becomes a first degree felony punishable by 25 to 99 years or life if enhancement paragraphs alleging two prior prison sentences are filed. He was first charged as a habitual offender in relation to his initial charge of assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction, but as part of his plea agreement in that case and subsequent cases until now, one or both of the enhancement paragraphs were waived by the state. His trial is scheduled to begin on January 30, 2023 and the state has filed a notice of intent to introduce twenty-one of his prior convictions (not including his conviction for assault causing bodily injury and his conviction for making a false alarm/report, most likely due to documentation issues) and his three probation revocations during the punishment phase of trial in the event of conviction.
On March 16, 2021, less than six months after his release from prison, he was arrested for assaulting his brother a third time by cutting him with a knife or bladed instrument. He was released on $18,000 bond (he had to pay a bond company ten percent) on April 3, 2021 and was indicted for assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction as a habitual offender on April 23, 2021. Assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction is a third degree felony punishable by up to ten years in prison, but it becomes a second degree felony punishable by up to twenty years if the state files an enhancement paragraph alleging one prior prison sentence and it becomes a first degree felony punishable by 25 to 99 years or life if enhancement paragraphs alleging two prior prison sentences are filed. He was first charged as a habitual offender in relation to his initial charge of assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction, but as part of his plea agreement in that case and subsequent cases until now, one or both of the enhancement paragraphs were waived by the state. His trial is scheduled to begin on January 30, 2023 and the state has filed a notice of intent to introduce twenty-one of his prior convictions (not including his conviction for assault causing bodily injury and his conviction for making a false alarm/report, most likely due to documentation issues) and his three probation revocations during the punishment phase of trial in the event of conviction.
Felonies and assaultive convictions (including current charge):
Forgery by passing- Sentenced to probation, probation revoked and sentenced to two years TDCJ
Assault causing bodily injury- Sentenced to county jail
Injury to a child- Sentenced to eighteen months state jail
Assault causing bodily injury family violence- Sentenced to two years probation, probation revoked and sentenced to 98 days county jail
Injury to a child- Sentenced to three years TDCJ
Evading arrest with a prior conviction- Sentenced to sixty days county jail
Assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction- Sentenced to two years TDCJ
Tampering with evidence- Sentenced to two years TDCJ
Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon family violence- Sentenced to two years TDCJ
Assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction- Sentenced to three years TDCJ
Assault causing bodily injury family violence with a prior conviction- Facing 25 to 99 years or life in prison