Beck v. State

OPINION

STEPHAN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for second-degree felony escape. The jury assessed punishment at twenty years confinement. We reverse.

In Ground of Error No. One, Appellant contends that the indictment in this cause was defective in the sufficiency of notice afforded him to prepare a defense. His pretrial motion to quash was overruled by the trial court. The indictment alleged that Appellant, having been convicted of robbery, escaped from the custody of the Sheriff of El Paso County, using or threatening to use a deadly weapon in the furtherance of…