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Almanza v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth
Feb 16, 1983
645 S.W.2d 885 (Tex. App. 1983)

Summary

Pending on State's Petition for Discretionary Review

Summary of this case from Lewis v. State

Opinion

No. 2-81-340-CR.

January 19, 1983. Rehearing Denied February 16, 1983.

Appeal from 213th District Court, Tarrant County, Tom Cave, J.

Lee Ann Dauphinot, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty. and James J. Heinemann, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for appellee.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING


Our prior opinion is withdrawn.

We reverse and remand.

Although many recent opinions have offhandedly dismissed the changing of "and" in the indictment to "or" in the court's charge, such approach is dangerous and usually fatal in matters where aggravation or jurisdiction is involved. In the instant cause of aggravated rape the indictment joined the allegation of threats of death to the standard form allegation of rape by the wordand. In the court's charge the aggravation feature was disjoined from rape by the word or. Such constitutes fundamental error. Messenger v. State, 638 S.W.2d 883 (Tex.Cr.App. 1982).

The cause is reversed and remanded to the trial court for further proceedings under this indictment.


Summaries of

Almanza v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth
Feb 16, 1983
645 S.W.2d 885 (Tex. App. 1983)

Pending on State's Petition for Discretionary Review

Summary of this case from Lewis v. State
Case details for

Almanza v. State

Case Details

Full title:Cipriano Ramon ALMANZA, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth

Date published: Feb 16, 1983

Citations

645 S.W.2d 885 (Tex. App. 1983)

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