WHETSTONE v. STATE

No. 05-86-00848-CR, 05-86-00849-CR.

739 S.W.2d 650 (1987)

William WHETSTONE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Redington, Dallas, for appellant.

Pamela Sullivan Berdanier, Dallas, for appellee.

Before WHITHAM, THOMAS and McCRAW, JJ.


WHITHAM, Justice.

William Whetstone appeals from orders revoking his probation on two felony theft charges and sentencing him to concurrent five-year prison terms. Appellant asserts that both indictments were fundamentally defective because they failed to allege all the elements of a criminal offense. We agree. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's judgments and dismiss both indictments.

These appeals were submitted without the benefit of a statement of...

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