Legal Opinion

Fleming v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 23, 1966No. 39448Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for unlawfully selling whisky in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $200.

Trial was had and notice of appeal given prior to January 1, 1966.

Our able state’s attorney does not seek an affirmance of the conviction, because the state failed to prove that appellant made *511the sale of whisky m Cherokee County, a dry area.

The record reflects that while it was stipulated that Cherokee County was a dry area, the state’s proof failed to show that appellant sold the whisky in Cherokee County.

In violations of laws adopted by local option elections, the locus…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Teal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  2. Teal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  3. Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957

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