Court Opinion

ID: 9681304
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:47:54.026474+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:33.189147
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DALLY, Judge,
dissenting.
The appellant and another party robbed the complainant and another employee of the store. The other party exhibited a small caliber pistol. The other employee saw the pistol and the complainant saw the outline of the pistol in the other party’s pocket. The appellant threatened the complainant with imminent bodily injury and in fact did injure her. Under the theory of parties, V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the appellant is guilty of aggravated robbery of the complainant as alleged.
There is no variance since “each party to an offense may be charged and convicted without alleging that he acted as a principal or accomplice.” V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 7.01(c); Pitts v. State, 569 S.W.2d 898 (Tex. Cr.App.1978). The judgment should be affirmed. I therefore dissent to the reversal of the judgment.