Saathoff v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

The issue before this Court is whether an indictment alleging involuntary manslaughter under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.05(a)(2), 1 must specify which definition of intoxication the State intends to prove at trial. 2 The trial court denied Appellant’s motion to quash, by which he sought notice of the type of intoxication the State would seek to prove. 3 A jury convicted Appellant of involuntary manslaughter and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for seven years, probated. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction after…