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A jury found appellant Frederick Leamon Grayson guilty of aggravated assault. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. � 22.02(a)(2) (West 1994). The jury assessed punishment, enhanced by a previous felony conviction, at imprisonment for life and a $10,000 fine. In his only point of error, appellant contends the evidence is factually insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict. Finding no merit to this contention, we affirm the conviction.

Preservation of Error

The State urges that appellant did not preserve his factual sufficiency claim for review. The State acknowledges that the legal sufficiency of the evidence may be challenged for the first time on appeal. Rankin v. State, 46 S.W.3d 899, 901 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). The State contends, however, that a factual sufficiency claim must be raised in the trial court in order to preserve the issue for appeal under the terms of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 33.1. This rule provides that as a prerequisite to presenting a complaint for appellate review, the record must show that a timely and specific request, objection, or motion was made to and ruled on by the trial court. Tex. R. App. P. 33.1(a)(1).

 
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