Court Opinion

ID: 5025202
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 04:43:35.341511+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:17:55.341994
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MORRISON, Judge.
Our prior opinion is withdrawn.
The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, 2 years.
The indictment in this case is fatally defective because it fails to allege the ownership of the funds which were embezzled. This is a matter of substance and may be raised at any time. See Ryan v. State, 76 Tex.Cr.R. 510, 176 S.W. 49; Osborne v. State, 93 Tex.Cr.R. 54, 245 S.W. 928; and Martin v. State, 144 Tex.Cr.R. 313, 162 S.W.2d 722.
For the defect pointed out, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution-is ordered dismissed.
WOODLEY, P. J., absent.