Court Opinion

ID: 9767996
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:37:51.766504+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:35.429100
License: Public Domain

CLINTON, Judge,
dissenting.
Well aware of the principle controlling a host of decisions rendered by the Court, finding fundamental error in a charge of the trial court, I cannot join this one.
Failure of the instant indictment charging attempted murder to include the culpable mental state of recklessness may be justified on two grounds: first, it is doubtful that recklessness is an appropriate culpable mental state for the specific intent crime of attempt, especially attempted murder; second, in any event the higher culpable mental states of intentionally and knowingly include the lesser culpable mental states of recklessly, at least for present purposes. See Article 37.09(3), V.A.C.C.P. Thus, there is no error, fundamental or otherwise.
Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.
Before the court en banc.