Keaton v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of failure to maintain financial responsibility, and assessed a fine of $200.

Appellant had been stopped by a City of Houston policeman who noticed that appellant’s license plate light was burned out. Upon being put in the patrol car and asked for his driver’s license and proof of insurance, appellant told the policeman that he did not have any insurance on the car. After being issued a citation for failure to maintain financial responsibility on the automobile that he was driving, appellant was free to go.

In his first point of…