James Earnest Archer, Jr. v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 25, 2025
• Docket: 06-24-00169-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-24-00169-CR

JAMES EARNEST ARCHER, JR., Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 Hunt County, Texas Trial Court No. CR2400306

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice van Cleef MEMORANDUM OPINION

A Hunt County jury convicted James Earnest Archer, Jr., of family violence assault

causing bodily injury. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(a)(1) (Supp.). The jury assessed

punishment at 180 days’ confinement.

Via a single, consolidated brief, Archer claims there is insufficient evidence to support

his conviction because his low blood sugar at the time of the offense did not allow him to have

the requisite mental state to satisfy the elements of the offense. We addressed Archer’s

arguments in detail in our opinion addressing his appeal in case number 06-24-00168-CR, and

we apply the same legal standard and analysis here as we did in the companion case.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we determine that any

rational jury could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Archer intentionally, knowingly,

or recklessly caused bodily injury to Baker when he hit her in the head, despite his claim that he

had no idea what he was doing at that time. We overrule Archer’s issue regarding the

sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for family violence assault causing bodily

injury.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Charles van Cleef Justice

Date Submitted: April 2, 2025 Date Decided: April 25, 2025

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