Scott v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before the Honorable Geo. E. Hosey. Appeal from a conviction of not rendering assistance to a person who was struck by defendant with his automobile, etc.; penalty, a fine of $100, and 90 days in jail. .The opinion states the case. Cited Griffin v. State, 218 S. W. Rep., 494, and cases cited in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judgu.
Appellant was convicted under a prosecution based on Article 820M, Vernon’s P. C., and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100 and ninety days confinement in the county jail.
No statement of facts accompanies the record, and the case is presented here on the sole question as to whether said article is sufficiently specific in defining the offense sought to be denounced. In 1917 the Legislature passed an Act which has sometimes been called the “Highway Law,” but more properly speaking, one “Regulating Operation of Motor Vehicles.” This law was amended at the same session, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. . RosenheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Commonwealth v. KingsburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- State v. MayoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
- State v. CorronSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. MartinWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- Goss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- McCown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Ule v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1935
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