Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Cannon

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 10, 1976No. 51046Published

1Opinion

OPINION ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

ROBERTS, Judge.

On original submission we held that the burglary indictment in this case was fundamentally defective. The indictment, which is set out in the majority opinion on original submission, failed to allege that the entry was made with the intent to commit a felony or theft, a necessary element of the offense of burglary under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 30.02(a)(1) or (a)(2). Faulks v. State, 528 S.W.2d 607 (Tex.Cr.App.1975).

We again set out the indictment, as follows:

“IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, the Grand Jurors, good…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. American Plant Food Corporation v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Faulks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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