Beasley v. State

On information charging the crime of burglary, a jury convicted appellant and assessed his punishment at a term of two years in the State Penitentiary. From the judgment comes this appeal.

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For reversal, appellant first questions the information. He argues that as originally filed it failed to state an offense in that it ‘ ‘ did not allege the intent to commit a felony” and that the court erred in permitting State’s counsel to amend following the empaneling of the jury. We cannot agree. •

As originally filed, the information did not contain the words “felony and grand.” As amended, the…