RAGON v. STATE

No. 47232.

506 S.W.2d 214 (1974)

Ben Bowen RAGON, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1974.

Second Rehearing Denied March 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Coffey, Fort Worth, Paul J. Chitwood and Paul P. Riley (on motion for rehearing only), Dallas, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., Clint D. Starr, William E. Burdock and Howard M. Fender, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the felony offense of shoplifting; the punishment, three years' imprisonment.

The sole ground of error presented is:

"The instruction to the jury does not require the jury to find the existence of a constituent element of the offense charged and is therefore fundamentally defective."

The indictment alleges that the appellant was an "invitee and licensee" on the premises where the...

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