Martinez v. State

in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

A Travis County petit jury convicted appellant Silverio Martinez of three counts of indecency with a child and one count of sexual assault of a child. Appeal was taken to the Third Court of Appeals, where appellant raised several arguments related to the trial court’s unilateral decision to alter the indictment by renaming individual paragraphs under single counts as separate and distinct counts. The court of appeals found no error, and we granted review. We reverse the judgment of the court of…