Flournoy v. State

The indictment for attempted burglary of a habitation alleged as the “act amounting to more than mere preparation,” V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 15.01(a), that appellant did “reach his hand through a screen door of the habitation ...” Appellant contended and the court of appeals agreed that “the evidence at trial fails to show beyond a reasonable doubt that Flournoy reached his hand through the screen door of the victim’s mobile home.” Flournoy v. State, 650 S.W.2d 526 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1983). Now the majority would find otherwise.

The State presented the complaining witness to relate what she…