Case Name: Frank M. SNYDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1959-10-28
Citations: 329 S.W.2d 292
Docket Number: No. 30986
Parties: Frank M. SNYDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 329
Pages: 292–293

Head Matter:
Frank M. SNYDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 30986.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 28, 1959.
On Motion for Rehearing Nov. 25, 1959.
Clyde Vinson, San Angelo, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for driving while intoxicated upon a public highway, with punishment assessed at three days in jail and a fine of $50.
The complaint upon which the information in this case was presented states that the affiant has "good reason to believe and charge" that the appellant committed the offense charged.
It will be noted that nowhere therein does the affiant swear that he "does believe" that appellant committed the offense.
A complaint sworn to only on belief is bad and will not support an information. Art. 222, subd. 2, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Betels v. State, 145 Tex.Cr.R. 368, 168 S.W.2d 499; Ex parte Luehr, 159 Tex.Cr.R. 566, 266 S.W.2d 375; Branch's P.C., 2d Ed., Vol. 1, Sec. 498, p. 485.
The complaint being fatally defective, the prosecution must be dismissed.
The conviction is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.