Beaver v. State

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

MORRISON, Judge.

Appellant contends in his motion for rehearing that the opinion of the Court on original submission was in error in holding that the law by which his appeal is controlled is that in effect at the date the judgment was rendered and became final in the trial court. He cites the case of McKennon v. State, 42 Tex.Cr.R. 371, 60 S.W. 41, in support of his contention. That case involved the giving of retroactive effect to a statute which by its very terms applied “to all cases now pending in county courts and the courts of criminal appeals.” This…