Saathoff v. State

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Upon remand from the Court of Criminal Appeals, the following opinion is submitted.

Appellant, Brian Travis Saathoff, appeals a conviction for involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to electronic monitoring for 120 days in lieu of incarceration, seven years’ probation, community service, and counseling. The dispositive issue before us is whether the indictment failed to put appellant on notice of his crime. Tex.R.App.P. 90(a).

Appellant’s conviction stems from an automobile accident that occurred on June 15, 1992, in Medina County, in which Denise Ward was killed.…