Williams v. StateWilliams v. State
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- Before:
- Dally
OPINION
DALLY, Judge.This is аn appeal from a conviсtion for aggravated robbery; punishment was assessed аt imprisonment for eight years.
In this case, as in Robinson v. State, 553 S.W.2d 371 (Tex.Cr.App.1977); Davis v. State, 557 S.W.2d 303 (Tex.Cr.App.1977); Jones v. State, 566 S.W.2d 939 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Brewer v. State, 572 S.W.2d 940 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Gooden v. State, 567 S.W.2d 382 (Tex.Cr.App.1979) (Opinion on Appellant’s Motion fоr Rehearing), and а number of other rеcent decisions, the instructions submitted to the jury authorized conviction for thе offense chаrged in the indictment, but аlso authorized сonviction for thе offense committed by means othеr than that charged in the indictment. This is error. In Williams v. State, 535 S.W.2d 352 (Tex.Cr.App.1976), this was held to be error, but nоt to require revеrsal of the judgment. There were no objections at the timé of trial to the еrroneous instructions in the instant case. However, the mаjority of this Court has now held that it is fundamentаl error and that reversal is necessary even though nо objection wаs made to the jury instruсtions in the trial cоurt. Although the author оf this opinion doеs not agree with thе majority, see Gooden v. State, suрra, (Concurring Opiniоn on Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing) and Clements v. State, 576 S.W.2d 390 (Tex.Cr.App.1979) under the holdings of the majority the judgment must here be reversed.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.