Drake v. State

686 S.W.2d 935 (1985)

Anthony Chris DRAKE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 148-84.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

February 27, 1985.

Bruce L. Roberts, Waco, for appellant.

Vic Feazell, Dist. Atty., Dennis Green, Robert Pandak and Kenneth R. Bennett, Asst. Dist. Attys., Waco, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION OF APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

In the criminal law jurisprudence of this State a first principle is that in every criminal action tried before a jury the verdict must be "general,"…