Legal Opinion
Brightbill v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided July 21, 1987No. 07-86-0173-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COUNTISS, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of obstructing a highway or passageway and fined $50.00. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 42.03 (Vernon 1974). He attacks the conviction by two points of error, contending the conviction is void because (1) his acts were not a violation of the statute under which he was tried, and (2) the statute has been repealed. We affirm.
Appellant is a Hale County farmer who does not like the manner in which the county road adjacent to his farm is maintained. The road has deep ditches along either side, which facilitate drainage and are a source of dirt for the crown of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. LangdeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gordon v. LakeTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Wintermann v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- Haye v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Threadgill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
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- Donald Lee Morrison v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Emily Hardy and Hiram K. Myers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
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