Gengnagel v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of indecent exposure. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 21.08. Punishment was assessed by the jury at a $1000 fine which was probated. On appeal to the Dallas Court of Appeals, appellant’s conviction was reversed and the information was dismissed. R_ M_ G_ v. State, 711 S.W.2d 397 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1986). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to determine the correctness of the Court of Appeals’ dual holding that the information was fundamentally defective and that the…