Court Opinion

ID: 1778724
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Date Created: 2013-10-30 07:24:10.063331+00
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256 S.W.2d 853 (1953)
BYROM
v.
STATE.
No. 26360.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 15, 1953.
Bryon L. McClellan, Gatesville, for appellant.
Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $100.
The jurat affixed to the complaint does not show that the complaint was *854 sworn to before an officer authorized to administer the oath required under the provisions of Article 415, C.C.P. Stanley v. State, 143 Tex. Crim. 350, 158 S.W.2d 785; Neely v. State, 144 Tex. Crim. 92, 161 S.W.2d 294; and cases cited therein.
A valid complaint is a prerequisite to a valid information.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded.