Legal Opinion

Vaughn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 10, 1975No. 50463PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary of a habitation to commit injury to a child; the punishment, seven years.

In his first ground of error appellant charges the indictment is fundamentally defective because it fails to allege with particularity appellant’s specific intent. The pertinent portion of the indictment alleged that appellant did then and there

“intentionally and knowingly with intent to commit injury to a child enter a habitation which was not then open to the public, without the effective consent of Dan Reeder, the owner thereof . .” (Emphasis added)

*560The offense of burglary…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. American Plant Food Corporation v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Ransom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. McDonald v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Lyons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Granviel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Baldwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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