Legal Opinion
SWEED v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 19, 2011No. PD-0273-10PublishedCited by 196 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
Appellant, Melvin Charles Sweed, Jr., was convicted of aggravated robbery, and punishment was assessed at thirty-eight years’ imprisonment. The First Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment, holding that the trial court did not err by failing to submit a lesser-included-offense jury instruction for theft. Sweed v. State, 321 S.W.3d 42 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2010). We granted Appellant’s petition for discretionary review to address whether there was trial evidence that supported giving a theft…
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- Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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