Ex Parte Smith

645 S.W.2d 310 (1983)

Ex parte George Washington SMITH.

No. 69062.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 9, 1983.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P., the Court will determine whether charging instrument purporting to allege an offense of theft denounced by V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 31.03(a) and (b)(1)[1] must allege, as well as a specific intent to deprive, a culpable mental state with respect to appropriating property…