State v. Mays

OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

In a single indictment, John Mays was charged with illegally soliciting employment for himself and other individuals on two different occasions in violation of the barratry statute.1 The trial court granted Mays’ “Motion to Set Aside Indictment” on the grounds that the indictment failed to specify the manner and means by which Mays allegedly solicited employment. We affirm.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

The State’s burden on appeal from the granting of a motion to quash an indictment is to show abuse of discretion by the trial court. Waldie v. State, 923 S.W.2d 152, 154…