Walters v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appeal is taken from a conviction for burglary of a vehicle. Appellant was convicted in a trial before the court and punishment was assessed at five years.

The Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction after concluding the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to quash the indictment. Walters v. State, *331691 S.W.2d 22 (Tex.App.—Dallas, 1985). The Court of Appeals followed this Court’s opinion in Bonner v. State, 640 S.W.2d 601 (Tex.Cr.App.1982), in which it was held that an indictment simply alleging burglary of a “vehicle”…