Griffin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
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
- Hewitt v. Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
- Augustine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Strickland v. WhatleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Cogdell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Jordan v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
3Cited by56 opinions
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- Hines v. ForemanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Ex Parte ChernoskyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Ex Parte LeslieCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- State v. LantzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
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