Court Opinion

ID: 9766825
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:00:04.102571+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:26.533489
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SUMMERS, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority of the court in affirming the judgment of conviction, but based upon different reasoning. I adhere to a previous holding of this court in Hogue v. State, 752 S.W.2d 585 (Tex.App.—Tyler, 1987, pet. ref’d), wherein we held that an indictment is defective when it contains an allegation of an act or omission which comprises more than one statutorily defined means of committing the offense and fails to specify which of the definitions is relied upon. Accord, Russell v. State, 710 S.W.2d 662, 663 (Tex.App.—Austin 1986, pet. ref’d); Ray v. State, 749 S.W.2d 939 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 1988, no pet.); Solis v. State, 742 S.W.2d 873 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 1987, no pet.).
In Hogue, we further held, in agreement with the Austin court’s reasoning in Russell, that the alleged defect in the indictment was harmless.
*677I would affirm the judgment of the trial court.