Case Name: Charley Brock v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1950-06-21
Citations: 155 Tex. Crim. 177
Docket Number: No. 24889
Parties: Charley Brock v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 177–180

Head Matter:
Charley Brock v. State.
No. 24889.
June 21, 1950.
State’s Motion for Rehearing Granted October 18, 1950.
Robert A. Estes, Houston, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for rape; the punishment, thirty years, in the penitentiary.
The indictment, as same appears in the transcript, does not conclude with the phrase, "against the peace and dignity of the State," as required by the mandatory provisions of our Constitution (Art. V., Sec. 12). Such an indictment is fatally defective. See Note 5, Art. V., Sec. 12, Vernon's Annotated Constitution of Texas.
The judgment is reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.
Opinion approved by the court.