Tew v. State

*376OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 46.05. Punishment was assessed by the court at eight (8) years in the Department of Corrections following a verdict of guilty.

At the outset we are confronted with a fundamentally defective indictment which requires review “in the interest of justice.” See Article 40.09, § 13, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.

V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 46.05, provides:

“(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony involving an act of violence or threatened violence to a person or property…