State v. Carter

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

The State of Texas appeals from the trial court’s order granting appellee’s motion to quash the state’s information; and in doing so, it raises another variation of the issue as to what degree of specificity is required to allege the offense of driving while intoxicated so as to provide a defendant with sufficient notice of that offense under Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6701Z —1(b).

The state’s information in this case alleged that appellee did “unlawfully while intoxicated, drive and operate a motor vehicle in a public place, to wit: a public road and highway.” The…