Case ID: sw2d_16/html/0237-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "CHRISTIAN, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

KUEHN v. STATE.
    (No. 12344.)
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    April 10, 1929.
    C. G. Krueger, of Bellville, for appellant.
    A. A. Dawson, State’s .Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   CHRISTIAN, J.

The offense is driving an automobile upon a public highway without the consent of the owner; the punishment, a fine of $25.

Appellant drove the automobile from Colorado county into Austin county. He abandoned the car about 4 miles across the line in Austin county. Prior to the trial in Colorado county, complaint and information were filed against appellant in Austin county. He pleaded guilty in the county court of Austin county and was fined $15. The judgment was never set aside, no appeal was taken, and at the time of the trial in Colorado county said judgment was final in Austin county. Appellant filed his plea of, former convictioq. It is undisputed that he was being tried for the same offense in Colorado county for which he had been convicted in Austin county. The identical transaction was involved. The plea should have been sustained, as it appears that appellant had been legally convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction upon the same accusation after having been tried upon the merits for the same offense. Article 568, C. C. P., article 8, C. C. P., and article 209, C. C. P.; Ex parte Davis, 48 Tex. Cr. R. 644, 89 S. W. 978, 122 Am. St. Rep. 775; Herera v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 607, 34 S. W. 943. See Opinion No. 12343, Sam Pomikahl v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 16 S.W.(2d) 237, this day decided.

The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.

PER CURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.