Stein v. State

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of wilfully fleeing from a police officer as denounced by Article 6701d, Section 186, Vernon’s Ann.R.C.S., Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., Chapter 83, page 722. The jury assessed the punishment at a fine of one hundred dollars.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The main contentions of appellant are that Section 186 of the Act is unconstitutional because the caption does not indicate that the amendment prescribes a penalty contrary to the provisions of the Texas Constitution, Article 3, Section 35, Vernon’s Ann.St., and that the amendment…