State v. Fitz

OPINION

in which DROWOTA, BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

A jury convicted the defendant of robbery, which is statutorily defined as the “intentional or knowing theft of property from the person of another by violence or putting the person in fear.” On appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals, the defendant argued that his indictment alleged only robbery by violence, that the victim testified that he was placed in fear but was not hurt, and consequently, that the evidence was insufficient to support the robbery conviction because the defendant employed “force,” which is statutorily…