Oliver v. State

The contretemps engendered by an obvious clerical error in producing the information in Cause No. 116-83 (Case No. 0157593 in the trial court) — in companion Case No. 0157592 (our Cause No. 115-83) the information is not similarly flawed — is somewhat reminiscent of the anachronism recently interred by this Court in Culpepper v. State, 668 S.W.2d 712 (Tex.Cr.App.1984).1

Though the majority does, I would not invoke the excusatory dictum of Article 21.17, V.A.C.C.P. to determine whether failure of the information to give the full name of the State Board of Dental Examiners renders this…