Case Name: H. R. Stasney v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1948-01-14
Citations: 151 Tex. Crim. 563
Docket Number: No. 23894
Parties: H. R. Stasney v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 563–565

Head Matter:
H. R. Stasney v. The State.
No. 23894.
Delivered January 14, 1948.
On State’s Motion for Rehearing February 18, 1948.
Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing Asking for Dismissal of Prosecution Instead of Reversal of Case for New Trial Filed March 17, 1948.
Thomas L. Blanton, of Albany, for appellant.
R. L. Elliott, County Attorney, of Breckenridge, and Ernest S. Goens, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for driving an automobile while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $50.00.
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.
Opinion approved by the Court.