Legal Opinion

Flowers v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 7, 1947No. 23639Published

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

GRAVES, Judge.

*473It is urged by appellant that in our original opinion herein, we were in error in holding that appellant waived his right to have the jury instructed relative to a suspension of sentence in the event of a conviction. He insists that such a failure is a fundamental error and one that can be raised for the first time in a motion for a rehearing in this appellate court. We cannot agree that a failure to object to the trial court’s charge is a fundamental error. To hold such would obliterate the provisions of Art. 658 and 666, C. C. P., as set forth in our…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Avery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
  2. Baker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. Tonnahill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921

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