Beck v. State

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the second-degree felony offense of escape under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 38.07(d). The punishment was assessed at 20 years’ imprisonment. On appeal the conviction was reversed by the El Paso Court of Appeals. Beck v. State, 647 S.W.2d 55 (Tex.Cr.App.1983). The court found the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to set aside the indictment, finding a lack of specificity in the notice given in that the indictment failed to state the victim of appellant’s alleged use…