Court Opinion

ID: 9759445
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:16:37.306398+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:01.744467
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DALLY, Judge,
concurring.
The jury instruction does authorize a conviction for a theory not charged in the indictment. Such a charge constitutes error; however, there was no objection to the charge at the time of trial. I believe that in these circumstances, where no objection to the charge has been made in the trial court, this Court, should determine from the record whether harm resulted from the giving of the erroneous charge. See the opinion which I authored while a Commissioner in Williams v. State, 535 S.W.2d 352 (Tex.Cr.App.1976). However, the majority of this Court has since held that the error is *384fundamental and reversal is mandated in instances such as this. E. g., Robinson v. State, 553 S.W.2d 371 (Tex.Cr.App.1977); Davis v. State, 557 S.W.2d 303 (Tex.Cr.App.1977); Edmond v. State, 566 S.W.2d 609 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Jones v. State, 566 S.W.2d 939 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Smith v. State, 570 S.W.2d 958 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Brewer v. State, 572 S.W.2d 940 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Armstead v. State, 573 S.W.2d 231 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Johnson v. State, 573 S.W.2d 778 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Cleland v. State, 575 S.W.2d 296 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Fella v. State, 573 S.W.2d 548 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Bridges v. State, 574 S.W.2d 143 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Donald v. State, 574 S.W.2d 119 (Tex.Cr.App.1978); Moore v. State, 574 S.W.2d 553 (Tex.Cr.App.1978).
I have again expressed my view which I still believe is correct, but the law of this State is now expressed by the majority in the numerous cases cited; therefore, I concur in the reversal of the judgment in this case.
DOUGLAS and TOM G. DAVIS, JJ., join in this concurring opinion.