Court Opinion

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02-11-193-CR

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
 

 
 
NO. 02-11-00193-CR
 
 

RODNEY ALLEN BOORTZ

 

APPELLANT

 
V.
 

The State of Texas

 

STATE

 
 
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FROM Criminal District Court No. 2 OF Tarrant
COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM
OPINION[1]
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A jury
convicted Appellant Rodney Allen Boortz of aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and assessed his
punishment at fifteen years’ confinement for the aggravated assault and ten
years’ confinement for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.  The trial court sentenced him accordingly and
ordered the sentences to be served concurrently.  Appellant brings a single point on appeal complaining
of charge error.
At
trial, Appellant objected to the proposed jury charge.  After changes were made, the trial court asked
if the parties requested any other changes to the charge.  Appellant’s counsel stated, “[I]t looks like
the charge reflects those changes that I requested.”
A
party may not complain on appeal that he was given the jury charge he
requested.[2]  The invited error rule prohibits a party from
succeeding in having a claimed jury charge error reviewed by a higher court in
hopes of reversal when (1) that party requested the jury charge, and the charge
was given or (2) the party affirmatively and successfully argued that the trial
court include or exclude a portion of the charge.[3]
We therefore
overrule Appellant’s sole point and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
 
 
LEE ANN DAUPHINOT
JUSTICE
 
PANEL:  DAUPHINOT, MCCOY,
and MEIER, JJ.
 
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
 
DELIVERED:  March 15, 2012

[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

[2]Prystash v. State, 3 S.W.3d 522, 531 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1102 (2000).

[3]Wileford v. State, 72 S.W.3d 820, 823 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2002, pet. ref’d).