Compton v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted under an information containing two counts. As there is no complaint in the record upon which to base an information, it would be our duty to reverse and dismiss the case, for as said in Branch’s Criminal Law, “There is no authority for the presentment of an information if it is not based upon a complaint, and on appeal from a judgment of conviction where an information was presented, the complaint as well as the information must appear in the transcript.” (Thornberry v. State, 3 Texas Crim. App., 36; Turner v. State, 3 Texas Crim. App.,…