Bignall v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

FOWLER, Justice.

This case comes to us on remand from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to determine whether appellant was harmed by the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense. Appellant, Bignall, was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to 25 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In Bignall v. State, 852 S.W.2d 682 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1993), this Court upheld the conviction, holding that the trial court did not err in refusing to submit a charge on the lesser included offense of theft. The court of criminal…