Case Name: Jesus REICH-BACOT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1998-09-23
Citations: 976 S.W.2d 678
Docket Number: No. 0003-98
Parties: Jesus REICH-BACOT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.
Judges: OVERSTREET, J., dissents.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 976
Pages: 678–680

Head Matter:
Jesus REICH-BACOT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.
No. 0003-98.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
Sept. 23, 1998.
Robert P. Abbott, Coppell, for appellant.
John R. Rolater, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Matthew Paul, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and assessed a fine of $10,-000.00. The Texarkana Court of Appeals sustained appellant's claim of charging error and reversed and remanded the case. Reich-Bacot v. State, 914 S.W.2d 666 (Tex.App.— Texarkana 1996). The State filed a petition for discretionary review, which was granted by this Court. This Court remanded the case to the Court of Appeals to conduct a harm analysis pursuant to Almanza v. State, 686 S.W.2d 157 (Tex.Cr.App.1984). Reichr-Bacot v. State, 936 S.W.2d 961 (Tex.Cr.App. 1996). On first remand, the Court of Appeals held that appellant was not harmed by the charging error. Reichr-Bacot v. State, 941 S.W.2d 380 (Tex.App. — Texarkana 1997). Appellant filed a petition for discretionary review, which was granted by this Court. This Court remanded the case, to the Court of Appeals with instructions to allow appellant to file a brief on remand. Reichr-Bacot v. State, 952 S.W.2d 542 (Tex.Cr.App.1997). On second remand, appellant and the State briefed the issue of harm, and the Court of Appeals again held that appellant suffered no harm due to any charging error. Reichr-Bacot v. State, 957 S.W.2d 892 (Tex.App.— Texarkana 1997, pet. granted).
We granted discretionary review on one ground. We decide our decision to grant discretionary review was improvident. Therefore, we dismiss appellant's petition for discretionary review.
BAIRD, J., dissents for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion in Ex Parte Ramirez, 919 S.W.2d 435, 436 (Tex.Cr.App. 1996), and Houston v. State, 846 S.W.2d 848 (Tex.Cr.App.1993).
OVERSTREET, J., dissents.