kinda depends on the punch, doesn't it? two drunk guys squaring off for a few punches is one thing. A sucker punch is another. I don't know what exactly the case was here, but there are certainly punches that are felony assaults, no matter where the location is that they occur. By your logic if I see you out at Crystal Beach I'm well within my right to come up and knock your teeth out, with no repercussions, just because we're at Crystal Beach. While I don't know all of the details of the case in question, this kid could be screwed because of the overall cumulative damage done to the kid he hit. He was involved in a group assault with three other kids, and their victim ended up with a shattered face. I'm not sure how much it really matters that he only threw one punch, since he threw the first punch that instigated the whole attack. In Texas, if my friends and I go in to rob a store and one of them kills someone, I'm charged with that murder. If my friends and I assault someone as a group, it seems like I'd be responsible for the outcome of that as well. I'm not sure how you can say that my role was less because I only punched him once. I also don't know how you'd be able to distinguish the injuries caused by the punch and the injuries caused by the kicks if you wanted to determine which blows caused which damage.