Case Name: Aubrey Allen DANIEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1977-02-23
Citations: 547 S.W.2d 597
Docket Number: No. 53092
Parties: Aubrey Allen DANIEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 547
Pages: 597–597

Head Matter:
Aubrey Allen DANIEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 53092.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 23, 1977.
Rehearing Denied March 24, 1977.
Ogen Hollis Pemberton, Houston, on appeal only, for appellant.
Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., William W. Burge and Edward A. Dodd, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State’s Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft. Punishment was assessed at four years.
We are met at the outset with fundamental error that requires consideration in the interest of justice. Art. 40.09(13), V.A.C. C.P.
The indictment alleges in relevant part that appellant:
". . . did exercise control over property, namely silverware, of the value of under two hundred dollars, with the intent to deprive the owner, Joske's of Houston, of the property."
The failure of the indictment in this case to allege that appellant exercised control over the property without the owner's consent, an essential element of the offense of theft, renders the State's pleading fundamentally defective. The conviction is therefore void. V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 31.03; Reynolds v. State, 547 S.W.2d 590 (Tex.Cr.App., decided this day on rehearing).
The judgment is reversed and the indictment is ordered dismissed.