Case Name: STASNEY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1948-01-14
Citations: 208 S.W.2d 894
Docket Number: No. 23894
Parties: STASNEY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 208
Pages: 894–896

Head Matter:
STASNEY v. STATE.
No. 23894.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 14, 1948.
On Motion for Rehearing Feb. 18, 1948.
Rehearing Denied March 17, 1948.
Thomas L. Blanton, of Albany, for appellant.
R. L. Elliott, County Atty., of Breckenridge, and Ernest S. Goens, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for driving an automobile while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $50.
The complaint upon which the information is predicated is fatally defective in that it charges only that the affiant has "reason to believe," without coupling therewith the further allegation "and does believe," that the accused has committed a violation of the law.
We have repeatedly held that such a complaint cannot be the basis upon which an information is presented. The latest expression from this court is that of Ex Parte Glass, 205 S.W.2d 46.
Because the complaint is fatally defective, 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.