Legal Opinion
Sample v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 20, 1982No. 60567PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
The appellant was found guilty of the offense of resisting arrest; punishment was assessed at confinement for 120 days in the county jail.
The appellant contends that the jury charge contains fundamental error in that it authorized a conviction on theories not alleged in the information. The information alleged that the appellant did:
“intentionally prevent and obstruct I. D. Phillips, a person that the [appellant] knew to be a peace officer from effecting the arrest of the [appellant], by striking I. D. Phillips with his fist.”
*516It is readily apparent that the information…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cumbie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- United States v. Vicente Meneses-DavilaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Sandig v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Rains v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
3Cited by6 opinions
- Leos v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1994
- Mayfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1988
- Tullous v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
- Lang v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Kelvin Modesto Medina v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2007
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