Case Name: BROCK v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1950-06-21
Citations: 233 S.W.2d 143
Docket Number: No. 24889
Parties: BROCK v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 233
Pages: 143–145

Head Matter:
BROCK v. STATE.
No. 24889.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 21, 1950.
On Rehearing Oct. 18, 1950.
None on appeal, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Commissioner.
This is a conviction for rape; the punishment, 30 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, Vernon's Ann.St. 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.