Sanders v. State

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

Appellant, Valorie Delois Sanders, was convicted of criminal attempt to commit murder. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 15.01 and § 19.02. The jury imposed punishment of five (5) years imprisonment.

We affirm.

Sanders urges in one ground of error that the trial court erred in overruling her pretrial motion to quash the indictment because it omits the words “but fails”, which are included in the criminal attempt statute, [V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 15.01(a)] and thus fails to charge an essential element of the offense. In another ground of error Sanders maintains that the trial court…