Case Name: Benny C. SCOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1980-03-19
Citations: 599 S.W.2d 618
Docket Number: No. 63398
Parties: Benny C. SCOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: Before ONION, P. J., and ODOM and DAVIS, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 599
Pages: 618–620

Head Matter:
Benny C. SCOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 63398.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.
March 19, 1980.
Rehearing Denied June 18, 1980.
Theodore F. Schiwetz, Jr., court appointed, Columbus, for appellant.
Houston C. Munson, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Paul Finley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gonzales, Robert Huttash, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.
Before ONION, P. J., and ODOM and DAVIS, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated rape in which punishment was assessed at 99 years.
At the outset we note fundamental error that requires reversal in the interest of justice. Art. 40.09(13), V.A.C.C.P. The jury charge authorized conviction on a theory not alleged in the indictment. This type of error is fundamental. Art. 36.19, V.A.C. C.P.
The indictment alleged, inter alia, that appellant committed aggravated rape by compelling the prosecutrix to submit to sexual intercourse by threat of death to be imminently inflicted on her. The jury charge, in contrast, authorized a conviction if appellant compelled submission to the rape either by threat of death or serious bodily injury to be imminently inflicted on her. This constituted an enlargement upon the allegations in the indictment since it authorized the jury to convict appellant upon finding facts that had not been alleged. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 21.-03(a)(2). See and compare Lee v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 577 S.W.2d 736.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Before the court en banc.
ON DENIAL OF STATE'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING WITHOUT WRITTEN OPINION