Shaffer v. State

OPINION ON COURT’S OWN MOTION FOR REHEARING

The appellant was convicted of robbery and his punishment was assessed at thirty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Twelfth Court of Appeals reversed the appellant’s conviction. Shaffer v. State, 769 S.W.2d 945 (Tex.App.—Tyler, 1988).

The State timely filed its petition for discretionary review. In a single ground for review the State urged this Court to apply a harmless error analysis to violations of Article 1.13, V.A.C.C.P. Originally, the State’s petition was refused; however, the State’s motion for rehearing was granted. On May 3,…