Rosamond v. State

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction for participating in a vote while an alderman for a town on a matter in which appellant had an economic interest, in violation of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 988b, § 3(a)(1) (Vernon Supp.1987). Punishment was assessed at a fine of $100.00.

By her ninth point of error, appellant asserts that the indictment is fundamentally defective in that it fails to negate the statutory exceptions to the offense. The applicable statute provides two exceptions to the offense: (a) if “the business entity is the only business entity that…