On Wednesday, Christian Dewayne Smith, 41, was given a 95-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of biting an officer in Tyler, Texas.
In August 2021, deputies received multiple reports of a man walking in the middle of State Park Highway 14, near CR 310. He was said to have been aiming a firearm at vehicles that were passing by.
When authorities arrived on the scene, Smith was detained as an investigation was taking place. The district attorney’s office stated that, “Smith then assaulted one of deputies by biting him on the wrist.”
After a trial and witnesses’ accounts, Smith was found guilty of assault on a public servant.
At the sentencing hearing, the jury was informed of Smith’s criminal background which involved 13 previous criminal convictions and several prison sentences.
At the time of the assault against the officer, Smith had been on parole for a felony drug conviction from 2016.
