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Smith v. State

Dan Smith v. State

Smith v. State, 8 S.W. 645 (Tex. App. 1888)
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Court
Court of Appeals of Texas · State Appellate Courts
Decided
May 23, 1888
Docket
No. 5862
Judges
White
Citations
8 S.W. 64525 Tex. Ct. App. 4541888 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 83
Syllabus
Pleading—Venue—Information is insufficient if it fails to allege the venue of the offiense. A good complaint is not vitiated by a bad information, but sufficient allegations in the complaint will not supply the-omission of such in the information.
Summary
Appeal from the County Court of Erath. Tried below before the Hon. W. W. Moores, County Judge. The conviction was for gaining, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of ten dollars.

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Opinion of the Court — White

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White, Presiding Judge.

In this case the Assistant Attorney General confesses error in that the information fails to sufficiently allege the venue of the offense. The venue is properly and sufficiently alleged in the complaint, but this does not cure the defect in the information. (Lawson v. The State, 13 Texas Ct. App., 83.)

The information will be quashed, but, the affidavit or complaint being good, the prosecution will not be dismissed. The judgment will be reversed in order that the prosecution may file a new information, if so desired. A good affidavit is not vitiated by a bad information. (Johnson v. The State, 19 Texas Ct. App., 545; Orr v. The State, ante, 453.)

Beversed and remanded.

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  1. Brasfield v. State600 S.W.2d 288 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980)

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  1. Brasfield v. State600 S.W.2d 288 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980)

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