Legal Opinion

Greathouse v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 28, 1983No. 13-81-085-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

In a jury trial, appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery; punishment was assessed by the court at twenty-five years imprisonment. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is not challenged. We affirm.

In his first ground of error appellant contends that the charging portion of his indictment was fundamentally void because it substituted the word “steal” for the word “appropriate” and thus failed to follow the statutory definition of theft.

Section 31.03(a) of the Texas Penal Code defines theft as follows:

A person commits an offense if he unlawfully…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Romo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. McWherter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Daniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Ex Parte RobinsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Barajas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1987

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