GARRETT v. STATE

No. 031-82.

642 S.W.2d 779 (1982)

Joyce Lee Lewis GARRETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

November 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Vangaasbeck, San Antonio, for appellant.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder. The court assessed punishment at imprisonment for thirty-five years.

The San Antonio Court of Appeals reversed the conviction on the basis that the trial court's failure to apply the law of transferred intent to the facts of the case constituted fundamental error. Garrett v. State, 624 S.W...

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