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Byrd v. State

Citations

  • 336 S.W.3d 242
  • 2011 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 415
  • 2011 WL 1135366

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the defendant is entitled to an acquittal” when the State alleges one offense and proves another
  • holding that a claim of a denial of due process may be raised at any time
  • stating that the gravamen of theft is \two-pronged” because ownership and appropriation of the property \are both important”
  • reasoning that \the defendant is entitled to an acquittal\ where the State alleges one offense and proves another
  • noting that theft of property belonging to store manager would be completely separate offense than theft of property belonging to store, and thus misidentifying who owned the property was material variance
  • holding evidence insufficient to support conviction where indictment alleged theft from one person 6 but evidence showed another owner and no evidence linked person named in indictment to actual owner

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Judges: Cochran

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Cites

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