Andrews v. State

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of promoting obscene material and sentenced by the court to three days imprisonment and a $750 fine.

In his first ground of error, the appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to require the prosecutor to read the information to the jury and in failing to allow him to read his plea to the jury.

Tex.Code Crim.Pro.Art. 36.01 provides as -follows:

A jury being impaneled in any criminal action, the cause shall proceed in the following order:

1. The indictment or information shall be read to the jury by the attorney…