Legal Opinion

Ex parte Trafton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 25, 1953No. 26,542Published

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

Appellant still insists that the statute herein under consideration is void for uncertainty and that one is not able to ascertain therefrom what offense he might commit by failing to comply therewith relative to the utilization of a muffler on a motor vehicle.

The statute defines a muffler as “a device through which the escaping gases of the motor of a motor vehicle or motorcycle pass, designed to muffle or minimize the noise produced by the operation of such motor,” and also to prevent excessive or unusual noises, annoying smoke, and the escape…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thomason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  2. Sisk v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1872

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