Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Raymond Carl Freda Aka Raymond G. Conti, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

February 12, 19861986 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1196

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that a variance between the name of an enhancing prior offense alleged in the indictment and the actual conviction does not require reversal unless the defendant was prejudicially surprised, overruling the Aaron dicta and following Hall and Plessinger.