Legal Opinion

McCloud v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 5, 1933No. 15785PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is driving an automobile upon a street of an incorporated city while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of one hundred dollars.

No sentence appears in the record. The offense of which appellant was convicted being a felony, it was the duty of the trial court to pronounce sentence upon the judgment of conviction. Under the decisions, an offense is a felony which is punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, even though it also carries as an alternative punishment a fine or imprisonment in the county jail. McFadden v. State, 300 S. W., 54; Pierce v. State, 2 S.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McFadden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  2. Pierce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bedwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Burleson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

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