Legal Opinion

Barron v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1941No. 21687Published

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant- was convicted of being a delinquent child and adjudged to serve an indeterminate period of from one to five years in the State Training School for Boys.

The prosecution was conducted in the county court sitting as a juvenile court, upon a complaint only. No information was filed upon the complaint. The absence of an information is fatal to the conviction. Nunn v. State, 106 S. W. (2d) 702, 132 Tex. Cr. R. 619, and authorities there cited.

Attention is called to the fact that the complaint does not contain an allegation showing that the appellant is over ten years of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rose Rose v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  2. Nunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  3. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

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