State v. Mendieta

OPINION

STONE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order quashing the indictment on a charge of criminal trespass. The motion to quash asserted that the indictment afforded Defendant insufficient notice because it neither alleged the identity of the owner of the property, nor described the location of the property. We agree that the indictment failed to provide defendant with sufficient notice of the offense, and therefore affirm the trial court’s order.

Article I, section 10 of the Texas Constitution “guarantees an accused the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation…