Legal Opinion

Fields v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided March 25, 1998No. 04-97-00068-CRPublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LÓPEZ, Justice.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant, Douglas Fields, was convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery by using and exhibiting a deadly weapon. Evidence at trial showed that Fields, with two other men, entered a liquor store and robbed the clerk working there at gunpoint. Fields was sentenced to forty-five years in prison and fined $10,000. He appeals his verdict on four points of error, claiming that the trial court committed reversible error by (1) failing to limit the definition of “intentional” in its charge to the jury to the pertinent conduct element of the underlying offense, (2)…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Abdnor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Escobedo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
  2. Poole v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  3. Fields v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  4. White v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1999
  5. Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999

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