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503 S.W.2d 241

Davis v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 9, 1974

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1974-01-09

Relies on Hall v. State · 156 Tex. Crim. 441 - Bradshaw v. State · Thomas v. State

Decided 1974-01-09

¶1OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

¶2The conviction is for the misdemeanor offense of driving a motor vehicle on a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, confinement in the county jail for ten days and a fine of $100.00.

¶3The complaint appearing in the record bears the jurat of an Assistant District Attorney showing “Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of July, A.D., 1972.” The complaint alleges that the offense was committed “heretofore on or about the 27th day of July, A.D., 1972.”

¶4The date on or about which the offense was alleged to have been committed being subsequent to the date the complaint was sworn to renders the complaint fatally defective. Thomas v. State, 474 S.W.2d 236 (Tex.Cr.App.1971); Hall v. State, 373 S.W.2d 252 (Tex.Cr.App.1963); and Mitchell v. State, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 255, 340 S.W.2d 301 (1960).

¶5An information is void which is based upon a fatally defective complaint. Bradshaw v. State, 156 Tex.Cr.R. 441, 243 S.W.2d 586 (1951).

¶6The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

¶7Opinion approved by the Court.

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