Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 22, 1991No. 12-90-00079-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILL BASS, Justice.
This is an appeal of an order granting appellee’s motion to quash the complaint and information because limitations had run before their filing. We affirm.
On December 14, 1989, the State filed a complaint and information charging Edwards with misdemeanor theft by check. The offense was alleged to have occurred on September 4, 1985, more than four years before the presentment of the complaint and information. The limitation period for misdemeanors is two years. Tex. Code CRIM.Proc.Ann. art. 12.02 (Vernon 1977). The information contains no averment alleging the tolling of the…
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