Parsons v. State

OPINION

ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

We were in error in holding that the complaint filed in corporation court did not comply with the requirement that the complaint “must be signed by the affiant by writing his name or affixing his mark.”

The complaint reads:

“I, _, do solemnly swear that I have good reason to believe, and do believe that Glenn Carlton Parsons on or about the 2nd day of October, 1966, and before the making and filing of this complaint, within the incorporated limits of the City of Houston, in the County of Harris, and State of Texas, while driving and…