Blasingame v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The conviction is for official oppression. Trial was to the court on a plea of not guilty; punishment was confinement which was probated and a fine. Issues on appeal are the sufficiency of the indictment and the evidence. We reverse.

Omitting its formal parts, the indictment alleged that on July 27, 1984 appellant did:

while a public servant, namely, the May- or of Jacinto City, Texas, and while acting under color of his office and employment, intentionally subject ELIZABETH TARTALI, hereafter styled the Complainant, to mistreatment by threatening to commit a felony,…