Case Name: Earnest McLemore v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-06-15
Citations: 107 Tex. Crim. 408
Docket Number: No. 11030
Parties: Earnest McLemore v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 408–408

Head Matter:
Earnest McLemore v. The State.
No. 11030.
Delivered June 15, 1927.
The opinion states the case.
E. P. Padgett, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Attorney, and Robert M. Lyles, Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, Judge. —
Conviction for leaving open a gate in a fence, punishment a fine of $10.00.
The case was tried by a special judge. It is required that one acting as such special judge take the.oath made necessary by Art. 555, Vernon's C. C. P. See Summerlin v. State, 69 Tex. Crim. Rep. 275; Weatherford v. State, 28 S. W. 814. It must be shown from the record that the special judge was legally appointed or selected, and the manner of same and his qualification must appear in the record. Smith v. State, 24 Tex. Crim. App. 290. For the lack of such showing the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.