Court Opinion

ID: 9661392
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 22:38:05.672439+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:28.174885
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
MORRISON, Judge.
Appellant takes us to task, among other things, for the concluding sentence in our original opinion and says that such conclusion is in conflict with our holding in Givens v. State, 143 Texas. Cr. Rep. 277, 158 S.W. 2d 535. In this he is correct. We must now re-examine the holding in the Givens case and determine whether or not we will be bound thereby. So far as we can find, it is the only case in which a conviction for misdemeanor theft was reversed because the evidence which we considered admissible showed a value in excess of $50.00. To adhere to such a holding would be inconsistent with the decisions relating to other offenses.
The court has held that a conviction for assault with intent to rape was supported by proof of a consummated rape. Carr v. State, 158 Texas Cr. Rep. 337, 255 S.W. 2d 870.
In the Carr case we discussed other cases decided by this court involving different offenses, and they will not again be cited here.
Insofar as the Givens case holds contrary to our original opinion herein or to the rule expressed in the Carr case and the cases there cited, it is expressly overruled.
Remaining convinced that we properly disposed of this cause originally, appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.