FOWLER v. STATE

No. 24808.

230 S.W.2d 810 (1950)

FOWLER v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 7, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burks & McNeil, and Clifford W. Brown, Lubbock, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of the liquor laws in Lubbock County and fined the sum of $500.00, and he appeals.

It appears from the record that appellant entered no plea to the information and none was entered for him. A plea is a requisite for a proper trial. Art. 518, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Branch's Criminal Law, p. 430, sec. 676; Thompson v. State, 46 Tex.Cr.R. 412, 80 S.W. 623. Such failure can be raised after the trial by a bill...

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