Case Name: Pauline Cochrum THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1962-10-31
Citations: 361 S.W.2d 392
Docket Number: No. 34919
Parties: Pauline Cochrum THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 361
Pages: 392–392

Head Matter:
Pauline Cochrum THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 34919.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 31, 1962.
Clyde Elliott, Jr., Canton, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DICE, Commissioner.
The conviction is for driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $50.
Trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury.
Motion was made by appellant to dismiss the information on the ground that no complaint was in existence when the information was presented, which motion was by the court overruled.
The record reflects that the information was presented on December 28, 1961, and that the complaint upon which it was purported to be based was not sworn to until the following day.
It follows that the information was not presented upon a complaint then in existence and is therefore invalid. Art. 415, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Baker v. State, 159 Tex.Cr.R. 491, 265 S.W.2d 600; and Billingslea v. State, 160 Tex.Cr.R. 244, 268 S.W.2d 668.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Opinion approved by the court.