Carpenter v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated kidnapping. The jury assessed *725punishment at 60 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Because the indictment fails to allege an offense over which the District Court had jurisdiction, the judgment must be reversed.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment alleges that on or about June 20, 1975, appellant:

“did then and there intentionally and knowingly restrain Kimberly Jean Rogers by secreting and holding her in a place where she was not likely to be found without the consent of Kimberly Jean Rogers…