Case Name: DUNCAN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-03-01
Citations: 57 S.W.2d 855
Docket Number: No. 15646
Parties: DUNCAN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 57
Pages: 855–855

Head Matter:
DUNCAN v. STATE.
No. 15646.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 1, 1933.
W. T. Brothers, of Amarillo, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The conviction is for a misdemeanor; the punishment, a fine of $5.
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 cannot proceed. Melton v. State, 115 Tex. Or. R. 488, 27 S.W.(2d) 161, and authorities cited.
The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM. •
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.