Case Name: Edwin Dale ADDISON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1955-10-26
Citations: 283 S.W.2d 55
Docket Number: No. 27735
Parties: Edwin Dale ADDISON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 283
Pages: 55–56

Head Matter:
Edwin Dale ADDISON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 27735.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 26, 1955.
Thomas & Thomas, Big Spring, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, 30 days in jail.
Our State's Attorney confesses that the complaint will not support the informa tion. The complaint charges that Amando Hinojosa committed the assault while the information charges that Edwin Dale Addison assaulted the injured party.
A valid complaint is a prerequisite to a valid information. Byrom v. State, 158 Tex.Cr.R. 427, 256 S.W.2d 853. Without a complaint, the County Court has no jurisdiction. McQueen v. State, 135 Tex.Cr.R. 74, 117 S.W.2d 79.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.