Fields v. State, 27008
| Decision Date | 02 June 1954 |
| Docket Number | No. 27008,27008 |
| Citation | 160 Tex.Crim. 498,272 S.W.2d 120 |
| Parties | Lebron R. FIELDS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Murray J. Howze, Monahans, for appellant.
Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
The offense is robbery by the exhibition of a deadly weapon; the punishment, five years.
The injured party testified that he was working in the field when appellant and his companions brought the automobile in which they were riding to a halt in the road nearby, that the appellant first asked him for gasoline and then asked him if he knew anything about automobiles, but that before he could reply the appellant struck him with his fist. He testified that he fell to the ground as a result of these blows and that appellant placed his knee in his stomach, put a dagger with a four and one-half inch blade to his neck and demanded his money, that appellant searched his pockets, discarded the small amount of Mexican money which he had therein but took a package of cigarettes and a pair of dice from him, rubbed dirt in his face, and drove away. The injured party testified that he did not resist because he was afraid the appellant would kill him with the knife which he held to his throat.
There was considerable medical testimony showing the injuries sustained by the injured party.
The appellant did not testify, but did offer a witness who stated that the appellant had been drinking on the day in question. He also called many witnesses, who testified as to his reputation for being a peaceable, law-abiding citizen.
Appellant complains of the refusal of the court to submit his requested charge on aggravated assault. While aggravated assault is a lesser and included offense within a charge of robbery by the exhibition of a deadly weapon, still there must be some facts in evidence to raise the issue which would require the submission of the charge on aggravated assault. We find no such facts in the record before us. Appellant contends that, because the State offered and the court admitted evidence of the injuries received on the theory that they were admissible to prove the aggravated assault count in the indictment, the court should have charged the jury on such count. We, of course, will not be bound by the reasons assigned for the offering or admitting certain admissible evidence. We repeat that there was no testimony which would require the submission of aggravated assault to the jury.
Appellant further contends that, since the ...
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