Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Clark

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 28, 1979No. 62655PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This applicant was convicted of burglary of a vehicle, and we affirmed in an unpublished opinion. In this application for habe-as corpus relief he for the first time draws attention to the fact that the court’s charge to the jury completely failed to apply the law to the facts. The charge contains only abstract statements of law.

The failure of the charge to apply the law to the facts is a fundamental error that is not waived by the failure to object at trial. Perez v. State, 537 S.W.2d 455 (Tex.Cr.App.1976); Harris v. State, 522 S.W.2d 199 (Tex.Cr.App.1975). But not…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Perez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Ex Parte ColemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Ex parte ColemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BanksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Barrera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Boudreaux v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1986
  5. Garrett v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1981

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