Legal Opinion

Levy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 7, 1940No. 20819Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is a threat to take life; the punishment, a fine of $100.

The record before us is without a statement of facts.

Appellant attacks the complaint and information as being insufficient on the ground that it was necessary to do more than set forth the offense in the language of the statute. The information follows the complaint. We quote the charging part of the complaint as follows: “Abe Levy and Mrs. Jean Levy did then and there threaten to take the life of a human being, to-wit, James E. Hatch, said threat being then and there seriously made, and did then and there…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Longley v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Goulding v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934

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