Legal Opinion
LaPoint v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 4, 1988No. 227-86PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
ONION, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of burglary of a building. Punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement in the Department of Corrections for 11 years and one day.
On appeal the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the conviction due to a defective jury charge citing Cumbie v. State, 578 *181S.W.2d 732 (Tex.Cr.App.1979). LaPoint v. State (Tex.Cr.App. No. 05-84-0069 CR— 1/4/85). We granted the State’s Petition for Discretionary Review and remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the error in the jury charge in light of…
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- Cumbie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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