Legal Opinion

Ratliff v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 30, 1923No. 7675PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The conviction is for aggravated assault; punishment fixed at a fine of twenty-five dollars.

The information charges an aggravated assault, using the terms prescribed by the Legislature in the Acts of 1917, Chap. 207, See. 35, in which it is declared that the driver of a motor vehicle upon a public highway “who shall willfully or with gross negligence, collide with, or cause injury to any other .person upon such highway, he shall be guilty of aggravated assault. ’ ’

We fail to discern any merit in the motion to quash the information. It is in line with the statute as…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Worley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Tarver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Baisden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  2. Huff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

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