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896 S.W.2d 198

State v. Flores

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 22, 1995

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1995-03-22

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 2003

3 state decisions

Applies TX PE § 19.05

Relies on Garcia v. State · Saathoff v. State · State v. Flores

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Decided 1995-03-22

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¶1OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

¶2The trial court granted appellee’s motion to quash the first paragraph of the indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter because it failed to allege the form of intoxicant the State intended to prove at trial. The State appealed and the Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Flores, 878 S.W.2d 651 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1994). The State filed a petition for discretionary review, contending the Court of Appeals’ opinion conflicts with this Court’s opinion in Garcia v. State, 747 S.W.2d 379 (Tex.Crim. App.1988). The State argues that Garciadistinguished involuntary manslaughter from DWI cases, indicating that the type of intoxicant need not be alleged in involuntary manslaughter cases.

¶3We recently addressed this exact issue in Saathoff v. State, 891 S.W.2d 264 (Tex.Crim.App.1994), reh’g denied (Jan. 25, 1995), where the State asserted the same claim as *199the State asserts in the instant case. We rejected the State’s claim, holding that an indictment alleging involuntary manslaughter under Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.05(a)(2), upon proper request, must allege the intoxicant the State seeks to prove. Saathoff, at 265-66. We additionally held that the distinction made in Garciais no longer valid under the current statute. Id. at 266.

¶4Accordingly, we summarily grant the State’s petition for discretionary review and affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Saathoff, supra.

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