Case Name: Ex parte CHANEY
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-01-20
Citations: 101 S.W.2d 245
Docket Number: No. 18883
Parties: Ex parte CHANEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 101
Pages: 245–245

Head Matter:
Ex parte CHANEY.
No. 18883.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 20, 1937.
A. A. Dawson, of Canton, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding. From an order of the county court of Van Zandt county remanding him to custody, appellant appeals.
Appellant was convicted in the corporation c.ourt of the city of Grand Saline •of the offense of drunkenness in a public place. He appealed to the county court, where he was again convicted and a. fine of $15 assessed against him. He now seeks, by writ of habeas corpus, to have this court determine that the complaint is fundamentally defective. In view of the fact that said complaint attempts to charge an offense denounced by a valid statute, the writ of habeas corpus is not available to test its sufficiency. Ex parte Edgington (Tex.Cr.App.) 89 S.W.(2d) 993; Ex parte Helton, 128 Tex.Cr.R. 112, 79 S.W.(2d) 139.
The judgment is affirmed.
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.