Lee v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in a bench trial on his plea of nolo contendere of the offense of violating a court order and was sentenced to a term of 180 days in the county jail. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 25.08. He appealed on the basis the trial court improperly denied his motion to dismiss the information filed against him. The Court of Appeals agreed the order was invalid because it contained no language commanding or directing appellant to obey its provisions. The conviction was reversed and the judgment reformed to reflect a…