Legal Opinion

Nunn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 16, 1937No. 19085PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

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 Texas Crim. Rep., 509; Hogue v. State, 87 Texas Crim. Rep., 170; Brown v. State, 99 Texas Crim. Rep., 70; Ex parte Chandler, 99 Texas Crim. Rep., 255. Because the statute requires an information, and none appears in the record, this court is with out jurisdiction. Inasmuch as there appears a complaint…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CainCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Hogue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Ex Parte Eugenia ChandlerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ex parte BoggsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  2. Barron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  3. Barron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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