Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 4/15/1998

State v. Mays

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967 S.W.2d 404
1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 47
1998 WL 172812

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holding that subject to rare exceptions, an indictment tracking the language of a statute will satisfy constitutional and statutory requirements
holding that subject to rare exceptions, an indictment tracking the language of a statute will satisfy constitutional and statutory requirements
concluding that we were not faced with the Olurebi problem because the portion of the statute in question contained only one manner or means of commission, and the statute defined that manner or means
noting that a charging instrument provides sufficient notice if it tracks the statutory language and the statute itself is completely descriptive of the offense
providing that, in general, “an indictment tracking the language of a statute will satisfy constitutional and statutory requirements”
providing that, in general, “an indictment tracking the language of a statute will satisfy constitutional and statutory requirements”

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Judges: Keller, Baird, Meyers, Mansfield, Price, Holland, Womack, Mecormick, Overstreet

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