Abrams v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for speeding, wherein the punishment was assessed by the jury at a fine of $175.00.

The record reflects that on November 20, 1975 the appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere in the Municipal Court of the city of Arlington to a complaint charging him with speeding. He was fined $35.00 by the court. Notice of appeal was given. Subsequently he was accorded a trial de novo in the County Criminal Court No. 3 of Tarrant County where a jury assessed his punishment at $175.00.

We are met at the outset with the question of whether…