Jury finds Tyler Ashbaugh guilty on two aggravated-assault counts and two deadly-conduct counts
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Summary
A jury returned guilty verdicts against Tyler Ashbaugh on multiple felony counts; court sent a supplemental instruction on jurors' question about text-message evidence and scheduled the trial's second phase to resume the following morning.
A Bexar County jury found Tyler Ashbaugh guilty on two counts of aggravated assault on a public servant and two counts of deadly conduct, the court announced after polling the jurors. The jurors signed the written verdict form and answered affirmatively when polled by the judge.
The verdict followed a short procedural exchange earlier in deliberations after the jury sent a question asking whether the text messages had been admitted “not just SailBright printing up, but the full transcripts.” The court told counsel it would send a supplemental instruction noting that the jurors had before them all testimony, exhibits and admitted evidence and instructed them to continue deliberations; both sides indicated no objection to sending the question and answer back to the jury.
After the verdict was read in open court, the judge told the parties that the trial’s second phase would begin the next morning at 9 a.m. and asked that any fingerprinting be completed before 9 a.m. so witness presentation could start on schedule. The court also noted the jury had been polled and the verdicts appeared in proper order and signed by the jurors.
The case caption in the record identifies the proceeding as 2023 c r 01/00/2004, State v. Tyler Ashbaugh. The court will reconvene as ordered to proceed with the next phase of the trial.
For background: during deliberations the jury had asked specifically about the form of text-message evidence; the court answered by directing jurors to the admitted record and to continue deliberating. The jury later returned unanimous guilty verdicts and was polled before the court adjourned for the day.
