Ex parte Roberts, 50202
| Decision Date | 07 May 1975 |
| Docket Number | No. 50202,50202 |
| Citation | 522 S.W.2d 461 |
| Parties | Ex parte Benel ROBERTS. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
Ray J. McQuary, Rosharon, for Roberts.
This is a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding brought under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.
The record reflects that petitioner was convicted of the offense of wilfully and mischievously injuring personal property on October 4, 1970, in the Third Judicial District Court of Henderson County. His punishment was assessed at ten (10) years, probated. On August 18, 1971, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to ten (10) years in the Department of Corrections.
Petitioner subsequently filed a post-conviction habeas corpus application in the convicting court, alleging, among other things, that the indictment under which he was convicted was fatally defective since it did not allege the extent of the injury. The trial court so found, but this court in Ex parte Roberts, 502 S.W.2d 802 (Tex.Cr.App.1973), denied relief, holding that the allegation could not be successfully raised by collateral attack after the conviction had become final.
In Ex parte Standley, 517 S.W.2d 538 (Tex.Cr.App.1975), this court held that a fatally defective indictment could be collaterally attacked where there was a failure to allege the value of the property assertedly converted if the value affects the penalty. To the extent of the conflict, Ex parte Roberts, supra, was overruled.
In footnote #3 of the Standley opinion it was observed that in Jones v. State, 377 S.W.2d 205 (Tex.Cr.App.1964), this court held the failure to allege the extent of the injury in an indictment for unlawfully injuring personal property was 'fundamentally defective' since the allegations as to the extent of the injury were necessary for a determination of the punishment to be assessed. In Jones this court said, 'The indictment herein, which charged unlawful injury to the property and failed to allege the extent of injury Was insufficient to charge an offense.' (Emphasis Supplied). See also Barber v. State, 449 S.W.2d 53, 55 (Tex.Cr.App.1969).
On March 28, 1975, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division (Fisher, J.), entered an order in Roberts v. Estelle, Cause #TY--74--120--CA (), that the petitioner was entitled to the relief he sought, but that a summary judgment should not be entered as indicated by Francisco v. Gathright, 419 U.S. 59, 95 S.Ct. 257, 42 L.Ed.2d 226 (1974), but in the best interests of the parties and the comity of the...
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