State v. Abrego

OPINION

STONE, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether a trial court may dismiss an information on an oral motion to quash. Appellee, Rosemary Abrego, was charged by information with the offense of criminal mischief. At a hearing on a speedy trial motion, Abrego’s counsel, aside from arguing the merits of the speedy trial motion, argued the information was defective. Without ruling on Abrego’s speedy trial motion, the trial court granted an oral motion to quash the information. Because the Code of Criminal Procedure mandates that a motion to quash an information be in writing, we…