Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1940

Campos v. State

Campos v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided June 5, 1940 · Christian
139 Tex. Crim. 411; 141 S.W.2d 344; 1940 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 383

Campos v. State

Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft; the punishment, confinement in jail for thirty days.

The prosecution proceeded in the county court upon an information. No complaint is embraced in the transcript. In the absence of a complaint the court below was without jurisdiction.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.

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