Legal Opinion

Patterson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 14, 1956No. 28167Published

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

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

The 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.

Art. 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…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952

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