Williams v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for criminal mischief. Punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed at life imprisonment. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The appellant’s first three grounds of error pertain to alleged fundamental defects in the indictment. In ground of error number one, the appellant contends that the primary count of the indictment omits an essential element of the offense. The of fense of .criminal mischief is set out in Section 28.03 of the Penal Code as follows:

“(a) A person commits an offense if,…