Robert Roy Robbins, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial court's jury charge on causation, which used the phrase "contributed to cause" without the limiting language required by Penal Code §6.04(a), was erroneous because it lowered the State's burden of proof. The court remanded the case to the Court of Appeals to determine whether the error caused any harm to the appellant.