context: Victim's testimony that the worst of her injuries--inflicted on March 5th (a Thursday)--lasting well into the middle of the following week, was sufficient to show her impairment was protracted.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 8 S.W.3d 246, 246
citation_a.parenthetical: protracted impairment depends not just on the length of time the effects of the injury last, but also on the nature and seriousness of a dysfunction
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Ross, 939 S.W.2d at 19 (“Seven days without the use of a leg or foot is sufficient to constitute protracted impairment.”); see also Norwood, 8 S.W.3d at 246 (protracted impairment depends not just on the length of time the effects of the injury last, but also on the nature and seriousness of a dysfunction). Additionally, Victim’s testimony that her bruises did not heal for weeks could also have led a reasonable juror to conclude that, due to the attendant pain, Victim suffered some impairment for that length of time. A reasonable juror could have found that the loss or impairment of the ability to sit and rest comfortably for even just a few days could have easily felt “protracted,” if not interminable.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 939 S.W.2d 19, 19
citation_b.parenthetical: "Seven days without the use of a leg or foot is sufficient to constitute protracted impairment."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Ross, 939 S.W.2d at 19 (“Seven days without the use of a leg or foot is sufficient to constitute protracted impairment.”); see also Norwood, 8 S.W.3d at 246 (protracted impairment depends not just on the length of time the effects of the injury last, but also on the nature and seriousness of a dysfunction). Additionally, Victim’s testimony that her bruises did not heal for weeks could also have led a reasonable juror to conclude that, due to the attendant pain, Victim suffered some impairment for that length of time. A reasonable juror could have found that the loss or impairment of the ability to sit and rest comfortably for even just a few days could have easily felt “protracted,” if not interminable.