Court Opinion

ID: 5033826
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 05:46:28.189743+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:16.519606
License: Public Domain

OPINION
The conviction is for unlawfully transporting wine in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $100.
The complaint, drawn under Arts. 666-3a(4) and 666 — 17(13), Vernon's Ann.P.C., charged appellant with unlawfully transporting an illicit beverage, to-wit: wine, in a container to which no tax stamp showing payment of the tax due thereon to the state was affixed, while the information, drawn under Art. 666 — 4(b), P.C., charged appellant with unlawfully transporting an alcoholic beverage, to-wit: wine, in a dry area.
It is apparent that the complaint and the information do not charge the same offense. Such variance is fatal to the information and the conviction cannot stand. See: 30 Tex.Jur.2d 550, et seq., Sec. 12, Indictment and Information. Harden v. State, 62 Tex.Crim. R., 13 S.W. 768.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.