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49 Tex. Crim. 172

90 S.W 178

Fewox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 20, 1905

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1905-12-20

<p>1. —Assault with Intent to Commit Rape—Charge of Court.</p> <p>On trial for assault with intent to commit rape, it was error to charge that the injury intended may be either bodily pain, constraint, or sense of shame, or other disagreeable emotion of the mind.</p> <p>2. —Same—Aggravated Assault—Force.</p> <p>On a trial for assault to commit rape, where the evidence showed that defendant did not use all the force necessary to overcome resistance in the assault, the court should have submitted the issue of aggravated assault.</p>

Decided 1905-12-20

BROOKS, Judge.

¶1 Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit rape, and his punishment fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. Appellant complains of the following charge: “The injury intended may be either bodily pain, constraint, or sense of shame or other disagreeable emotion of the mind.” This charge has been specifically condemned in Carter v. State., 44 Texas *173 Crim. Rep., 312; 6 Texas Ct. Rep., 263, and Hudson v. State, decided at the present term. We think, in addition to the above, that the evidence raises the issue of aggravated assault, since if appellant did not use all the force necessary to overcome resistance in the assault, he would only be guilty of an aggravated assault, and the court should have so charged.

¶2 For the errors discussed, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶3 Reversed and remanded.

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