Nunn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
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
- 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
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ex parte BoggsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Barron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Barron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941