Teal v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, KEASLER and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

Appellant was indicted for the offense of hindering apprehension.1 The indictment failed to allege that appellant knew that Curtis Brown, the person whose apprehension appellant was hindering, was a fugitive for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The court of appeals held that the district court never acquired subject-matter jurisdiction to try the case because the indictment alleged only a misdemeanor.2 We granted the State’s Petition for Discretionary Review to determine whether “the court of appeals erred in holding that…