Case Name: Dave Duncan v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-03-01
Citations: 123 Tex. Crim. 75
Docket Number: No. 15646
Parties: Dave Duncan v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 75–76

Head Matter:
Dave Duncan v. The State.
No. 15646.
Delivered March 1, 1933.
Reported in 57 S. W. (2d) 855.
The opinion states the case.
W. T. Brothers, of Amarillo, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The conviction is for a misdemeanor; the punishment, a fine of five dollars.
It appears that the trial was had upon an information and in the absence of a complaint. Article 415, C. C. P., declares: "No information shall be presented until affidavit has been made by some credible person charging the defendant with an offense.' The affidavit shall be filed with the information."
, Without the complaint, the prosecution can not proceeed. Melton v. State, 27 S. W. (2d) 161, and authorities cited.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
Reversed and ordered dismissed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.