Opinion

McCafferty v. State

  • 395 S.W.2d 38
  • 1965 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1181
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Nov 3, 1965
Status
Published
Author
Morrison
On the bench
Morrison
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 45.8%

complaint of aggravated assault on policeman does not support conviction on plea of guilty to DWI

How later courts described this case

  • complaint of aggravated assault on policeman does not support conviction on plea of guilty to DWI

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MORRISON, Judge.

The complaint and information charge appellant with the offense of aggravated assault upon a policeman while in the discharge of his duties. Upon a plea of guilty the Court found appellant guilty of the offense of driving while intoxicated.

The variance between the judgment and the information is fatal. Brown v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 391 S.W.2d 61 , and Acosta v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 385 S.W.2d 394 , and cases there cited.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

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