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171 Tex. Crim. 53

344 S.W.2d 457

Scott v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1961-03-01

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 1995

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Decided 1961-03-01

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BELCHER, Judge

¶1The conviction is for aggravated assault with a motor vehicle by negligence; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.

¶2The complaint and information charging negligence is fatally defective for the reason that the act or acts relied upon to con*54stitute negligence are not alleged as required by Art. 408a, V.A.C.C.P., enacted in 1959, which provides that the state’s pleading “must allege, with reasonable certainty, the act or acts relied upon to constitute negligence, and in no event shall it be a sufficient compliance with this Act to allege merely that the accused, in committing the offense, acted negligently or with negligence.”

¶3The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

¶4Opinion approved by the Court.

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