MINIX v. STATE

No. 56041.

579 S.W.2d 466 (1979)

Alton MINIX, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Leon Pettis, Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Hanna, James S. McGrath, Dist. Attys., Paul E. Naman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of forgery. The jury found him to be an habitual criminal, and the trial court assessed punishment at life. Appellant raised three grounds of error in his original brief, but we find ground of error number one to be dispositive.

The first contention by appellant is that the trial court erred by failing to grant a motion to quash the indictment which alleged in pertinent part:

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