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Houston v. State

Citations

  • 556 S.W.2d 345
  • 1977 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1250

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that conviction for rape was void because offense was not lesser-included offense of burglary with intent to commit rape charged in indictment
  • concluding that conviction for rape was void because this offense was not a lesser-included offense of the burglary with intent to commit rape charged in the indictment
  • offense of rape is not lesser included offense under indictment charging only burglary with intent to commit rape
  • offense of rape is not lesser included offense under indictment charging only burglary with intent to commit rape
  • `In the absence of jurisdiction, the judgment of conviction was a nullity. . . .'
  • rape was not in fact a lesser-included of burglary; trial court had no jurisdiction to enter judgment for rape on burglary indictment; citing cases

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Judges: Green

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