# Austin v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · November 12, 1975 · 531 S.W.2d 615

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9684291

## Case

- **Full name:** Pamela Walker AUSTIN, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** November 12, 1975
- **Citations:** 531 S.W.2d 615; 1975 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1149
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Roberts
- **Judges:** Roberts, Davis, Onion
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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