SANTANA v. STATE

No. 63817.

658 S.W.2d 612 (1983)

Carlos Molina SANTANA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris Sipes, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty. and Stuart Leeds, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of burglary of a building, V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 30.02(a)(1). The court assessed punishment at twelve years' confinement.

Appellant contends that the court erred when it overruled his motion to quash the indictment. The indictment tracks the words of the statute and alleges that appellant burglarized "a portion of a building" in El Paso County. Appellant argues that this description is...

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