Case Name: O. W. TIPPS, 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 378
Docket Number: No. 34920
Parties: O. W. TIPPS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 361
Pages: 378–379

Head Matter:
O. W. TIPPS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 34920.
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.
The record is similar to that in Thomas v. State, Tex.Crim.App., 361 S.W.2d 392, an appeal from Van Zandt County, this day decided, and shows that the information was not presented upon a complaint then in existence, as required by Art. 415, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.
For such reason and under the authorities cited in our opinion reversing the conviction in the Thomas case, the information is invalid.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Opinion approved by the court.