Shackelford v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for criminal libel under Articles 1269 through 1292, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. (1925). 1 The jury assessed punishment of one year in the county jail.

The record contains no statement of facts. Appellant represented himself at trial and apparently did not request a court reporter.

The appellant’s main contentions are that the libel statutes are unconstitutional as vi-olative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Although there is a serious question as to the constitutionality of the criminal libel statutes, it…