Case Name: John Elson BOUIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1975-07-09
Citations: 528 S.W.2d 587
Docket Number: No. 50305
Parties: John Elson BOUIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 528
Pages: 587–590

Head Matter:
John Elson BOUIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 50305.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
July 9, 1975.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 22, 1975.
Second Rehearing Denied Nov. 12, 1975.
Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty. and Clyde F. DeWitt, III, and Phyllis Bell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State’s Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.
No appearance for appellant.

Opinion:
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault under our former code. The court assessed punishment at ten years' confinement.
We are confronted at the outset with a fundamentally defective indictment. As in Lucero v. State, 502 S.W.2d 128 (Tex.Cr.App.1973) (case 1), the indictment here fails to allege "to whom the property allegedly taken belonged." See Lucero, supra, and the authorities there cited.
The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.