WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 47462.

505 S.W.2d 838 (1974)

Clarence WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Patterson, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, District Atty., Phyllis Bell, Gregory Laughlin, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, imprisonment for two years.

We are first confronted with the question of the sufficiency of the indictment. The sufficiency of indictments for the offense of burglary, alleging entry was made by discharging firearms into a house with intent to injure a person therein, has through the years given this Court much difficulty.1

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