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287 S.W.2d 949

Patterson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 14, 1956

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1956-03-14

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1990

2 state decisions

Relies on 158 Tex. Crim. 14 - Simmons v. State

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Decided 1956-03-14

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WOODLEY, Judge.

¶1The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $200.

¶2The complaint appears to be sufficient but the information upon which appellant was convicted is fatally defective in that it fails to designate or name appellant or any other person as having committed the offense, nor does it allege that the name of the accused is unknown.

¶3Art. 414 Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. (4) requires that an information “contain the name of the accused, or state that his name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him.”

¶4There being a valid complaint upon which a new information naming the accused may be presented, the prosecution will not be dismissed. See Simmons v. State, 158 Tex.Cr.R. 14, 252 S.W.2d 711.

¶5Because of the insufficiency of the information, the judgment is reversed and. the cause is remanded.

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