Opinion

Austin v. State

  • 531 S.W.2d 615
  • 1975 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1149
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Nov 12, 1975
Status
Published
Author
Roberts
On the bench
Roberts, Davis, Onion
Cited by
11 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.3%

The opinion

ROBERTS, Judge

(dissenting).

I cannot agree that a defendant in a felony case can be tried on an information unsupported by a complaint. See my dissenting opinion in Chappie v. State, 521 S.W.2d 280, 282-283 (Tex.Cr.App.1975).

ONION, P. J., joins in this dissent.

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