Case Name: Guy Byrom v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1953-04-15
Citations: 158 Tex. Crim. 427
Docket Number: No. 26,360
Parties: Guy Byrom v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 427–428

Head Matter:
Guy Byrom v. State.
No. 26,360.
April 15, 1953.
Byron L. McClellan, Gatesville, for appellant.
Wesley Dice, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.
The jurat affixed to the complaint does not show that the complaint was sworn to before an officer authorized to administer the oath required under the provisions of Article 415, C. C. P. Stanley v. State, 143 Tex. Cr. R. 350, 158 S. W. 2d 785; Neely v. State, 144 Tex. Cr. R. 92, 161 S. W. 2d 294; and cases cited therein.
A valid complaint is a prerequisite to a valid information.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded.