Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Christopher Lynn Howard, Appellant v. the State of Texas

March 9, 20112011 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 329

Summary

The Court affirmed the appellant's aggravated robbery conviction, holding that the robbery statute's "places another in fear" element does not require the defendant to have actual interaction with the victim and that the mental state of "knowingly" is satisfied by awareness that the conduct is reasonably certain to cause fear.