Nunn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Conviction for being a delinquent child; punishment, confinement for one year in the reformatory.
This prosecution seems to have proceeded only upon a complaint. We find in the record no information. This we regard as a fatal defect. See art. 1085, C.C. P.; Ex parte Cain, 86 Tex.Cr.R. 509, 217 S.W. 386; Hogue v. State, 87 Tex.Cr.R. 170, 220 S.W. 96; Brown v. State, 99 Tex. Cr.R. 70, 268 S.W. 460; Ex parte Chandler, 99 Tex.Cr.R. 255, 268 S.W. 749. Because the statute requires an information, and none appears in the record, this court is without jurisdiction. Inasmuch as there…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex Parte CainCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Hogue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Ex Parte Eugenia ChandlerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Ex parte ChandlerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925