State v. Semancik

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This petition for hearing arises out of a conviction for attempted burglary. Seman-cik challenged the sufficiency of his attempted burglary indictment for the first time on appeal on the basis that it failed to specify what crime he intended to commit when he entered the dwelling. The court of appeals, bound by the rule in Adkins v. State, 1 reversed Semancik's conviction and dismissed the indictment. The State appeals, asking us to overrule Adkins to the extent that it (1) requires burglary indictments to specify the defendant's intended crime and (2)…