Legal Opinion

Cross v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided May 11, 1983No. 05-81-00812-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of cruelty to an animal under section 42.-11(a)(2) of the Texas Penal Code (Vernon Supp.1982) and was sentenced to a fine and a term in the county jail. He appeals on the ground, among others, that the information fails to give him proper notice of the offense. We hold that the information is sufficient. Appellant’s other grounds are discussed and overruled in an unpublished supplement to this opinion. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

In the language of the statute 1 the information charges that appellant did “knowingly and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. American Plant Food Corporation v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Haecker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Craven v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. McCall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Perez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Carr v. Mobile Video Tapes, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995
  2. Mills v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
  3. Carr v. Mobile Video Tapes, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995
  4. Deborah Lorraine Terry A/K/A Deborah Lorraine Reed A/K/A Deborah Lorraine Aikman v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2013
  5. Kyra Pointon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011

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