Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 20, 1968No. 41120PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The appellants were found guilty of aggravated assault on a peace officer. Thompson was fined $500.00, and Gauthier was assessed a punishment of 30 days in jail and a fine of $1,000.00. Appellant Hewatt filed a motion to dismiss his appeal, and the same is granted.
Appellants Thompson and Gauthier designate two “appellate points” which we shall consider as grounds of error. Their first is that the information 1 is insufficient, because it fails to contain two essential elements of the offense, to-wit: that appellants did use unlawful violence on the officer alleged to…
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