Whetstone v. State

WHITHAM, Justice.

William Whetstone appeals from orders revoking his probation on two felony theft charges and sentencing him to concurrent five-year prison terms. Appellant asserts that both indictments were fundamentally defective because they failed to allege all the elements of a criminal offense. We agree. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s judgments and dismiss both indictments.

These appeals were submitted without the benefit of a statement of facts. The *651transcripts, however, reflect that appellant pleaded guilty in 1984 to two third-degree felony theft charges. The trial court…