IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-02-00308-CR
No. 10-02-00309-CR
No. 10-02-00310-CR
Raymond Edward Olivas,
Appellant
v.
The State of Texas,
Appellee
From the 272nd District Court
Brazos County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 29252F-272, 29311F-272 and 29308F-272
DISSENTING Opinion
A majority of this Court has previously found unassigned error. E.g., Hailey v. State, 50 S.W.3d 636 (Tex. App.—Waco 2001), rev’d, 87 S.W.3d 118 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002); In re B.L.D., 56 S.W.3d 203 (Tex. App.—Waco 2001) (per curiam), rev’d, 113 S.W.3d 340 (Tex. 2003). The Court has been reversed. E.g., Hailey v. State, 87 S.W.3d 118, 121-22 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1060 (2003); In re B.L.D., 113 S.W.3d 340, 350-51 (Tex. 2003), cert. denied sub nom. Dossey v. Tex. Dep’t of Protective & Reg. Servs., 124 S. Ct. 1674 (2004). There is virtually no such thing as unassigned error. Id. There is none to be addressed here.
A majority of this Court has previously found fundamental error. E.g., Rushing v. State, 50 S.W.3d 715, 722-25 (Tex. App.—Waco 2001), aff’d on other grounds, 85 S.W.3d 283, 284-87 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002); B.L.D., 56 S.W.3d at 214-15; In re J.F.C., 57 S.W.3d 66, 74 (Tex. App.—Waco 2001), rev’d, 96 S.W.3d 256 (Tex. 2002). The Court has been reversed and been held to have erred. E.g., Rushing v. State, 85 S.W.3d 283, 284-87 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002); B.L.D., 113 S.W.3d at 350-51; In re J.F.C., 96 S.W.3d 256, 272-74, 277-79 (Tex. 2002). There is almost no such thing as fundamental error. Mendez v. State, 138 S.W.3d 334, 340-42 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004); Saldano v. State, 70 S.W.3d 873, 887-89 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002); Paulson v. State, 28 S.W.3d 570, 573 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000) (reasonable doubt instruction not absolute systemic requirement). There is no fundamental error in the charge without egregious harm. Almanza v. State, 686 S.W.2d 157, 171 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985) (op. on reh’g). There is no fundamental error here.
The majority again finds unassigned and fundamental error here. I dissent.
TOM GRAY
Chief Justice
Dissenting opinion delivered and filed November 10, 2004
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