Ex Parte Clark
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
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This applicant was convicted of burglary of a vehicle, and we affirmed in an unpublished opinion.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
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
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- Perez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Ex Parte ColemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Ex parte ColemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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