Case ID: sw2d_387/html/0895-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "DICE, Commissioner.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Landon Raymond COMPTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
    No. 38057.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    March 17, 1965.
    Robert E. Burroughs, Centerville, Emmett Colvin; Jr., Dallas, for appellant.
    Leon B.. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.
   DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is under Art. 802, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., for the offense of driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated, with punishment assessed at a fine of $50.

The minimum punishment for such offense under the provisions of Art. 802, supra, is three days in jail and a fine of $50.

The punishment assessed, being less than the minimum provided by law, requires a reversal of the conviction. Compian v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 363 S.W.2d 468.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

Opinion approved by the Court