Santibanez v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TEAGUE, Judge.

The record before us reflects that Jessie Flores Santibanez, appellant, was tried on an indictment that alleged the offense of murder, but was convicted by a jury for committing the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter, after which the jury assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections.

The Eastland Court of Appeals, after overruling appellant’s sole ground of error, that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss his indictment because the State had failed to comply…