Legal Opinion

Griffin v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 1920No. 5647PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Judge.

—The appellant is under conviction for a misdemeanor for violating the following statute: “It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an automobile, motorcycle or bicycle, upon the public highways of this State, at night-time, whose front lamps shall project forward a light of such glare and brilliancy as to seriously interfere with the sight of, or temporarily blind the vision of the driver of a vehicle approaching from an opposite direction.” See Acts Thirty-Fifth Legislature, Chap. 207, Sec. 9.

The validity of this statute as creating a criminal offense is assailed, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hewitt v. Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Augustine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  3. Strickland v. WhatleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. Cogdell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Jordan v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852

3Cited by56 opinions

  1. State v. Shoppers World, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Hines v. ForemanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  3. Ex Parte ChernoskyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
  4. Ex Parte LeslieCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. State v. LantzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922

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