Dowdy v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the felony offense of gambling promotion. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 47.03(a)(2). After the trial court overruled his pre-trial motion to quash the indictment, the appellant entered into a plea, bargain, waived trial by jury and entered a guilty plea before the court. The court assessed punishment at two years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections and a $500.00 fine, probated.

In his motion to quash and in three grounds of error on appeal appellant asserted the indictment is defective…