Case Name: Claud Nichols v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-03-29
Citations: 171 Tex. Crim. 42
Docket Number: No. 33,230
Parties: Claud Nichols v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 42–43

Head Matter:
Claud Nichols v. State
No. 33,230.
March 29, 1961
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge, absent.
Clyde Elliott, Jr., Canton, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge
The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $50.00.
The complaint appearing in the transcript is not sworn to before any official or person in authority and is therefore insufficient to constitute the basis for a valid information. Purcell v. State, 167 Tex. Cr. Rep. 565, 317 S.W. 2d 208.
The punishment assessed is less than the minimum, and the judgment cannot stand. Malone v. State, 168 Tex. Cr. Rep. 409, 328 S.W. 2d 310.
For the reasons set forth, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.