Legal Opinion

Gilliland v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 25, 1961No. 32827PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $50.

This is a prosecution under Article 802, Vernon’s Ann.E.C., for the violation of which a jail term is mandatory.

'• The punishrfient assessed being less than the minimum provided by law, the judgment will be reversed on appeal. Malone v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 328 S.W.2d 310; Henderson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 318 S.W.2d 898, and cases there cited.

The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded. '

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Malone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Craven v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  3. Grant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  4. Bryan William Columbus v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2025