Black v. State

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, to-wit: phencycli-dine. The court, following the guilty verdict, assessed punishment at 12 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal the appellant, inter alia, complained in ground of error No. 3 that “The trial court erred in failing to properly instruct the jury and apply the law to the facts on the issue of ‘parties. ’ ” (Emphasis supplied.)

The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the conviction on the basis of said ground of error No. 3, finding that while the charge contained the abstract definition…