Legal Opinion

Robinson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 8, 1922No. 7057Published

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1Opinion

ON REHEARING.

November 8, 1922.

HAWKINS, Judge.

— When the Thirty-seventh Legislature (1st and 2d Called Sessions, Chapter 61, page 233) amended the law relative to intoxicating liquors it provided in Section 2d that “no person over twenty-five years of age convicted under any of the provisions of this act shall have the benefit of the suspended sentence law.” Appellant attacks this provision as being discriminatory and in violation of Section 3 of the Bill of Rights, and criticizes our opinion for not discussing the constitutionality of the Act. He presents an interesting and persuasive…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Union Trust Co. v. Illinois Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Carter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
  4. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Kipper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901

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