Legal Opinion

Gibson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 19, 1969No. 42373PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*482OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, thirty-five years.

If the appellant’s first ground of error is properly understood, it is that the indictment charged that appellant acting with one Lavall Bryant committed the robbery, and since the injured party was able to identify only appellant as the participant in the robbery, a variance exists. Hardie v. State, 140 Tex.Cr.R. 368, 144 S.W.2d 571, upon which appellant relies, has no application here. We quote from 2 Branch’s Ann. P.C., Second Edition, Section 704, p. 2, as follows:

“An indictment charging two or more…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Branch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  2. Harrington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Bradford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  4. Hardie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  5. Gage v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Casias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  2. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Craig v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Ex Parte Weeks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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