Case Name: Tommy Joe McFARLAND, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1963-10-16
Citations: 371 S.W.2d 566
Docket Number: No. 35810
Parties: Tommy Joe McFARLAND, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 371
Pages: 566–566

Head Matter:
Tommy Joe McFARLAND, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 35810.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 16, 1963.
No attorney on appeal, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DICE, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while his operator's license was suspended, and his punishment assessed at six months' confinement in jail.
The prosecution and conviction are under Sec. 34 of Art. 6687b, Vernon's Ann. Civil Statutes, which provides that upon conviction of the offense denounced by said section the defendant shall be punished by fine of not less than $25 and not more than $500, and, in addition thereto, there may be imposed a sentence of imprisonment not to exceed six months.
The judgment assessing appellant's punishment at confinement in the county jail for six months, without the imposition of a fine, was unauthorized and calls for a reversal of the conviction. Persall v. State, 145 Tex.Cr.R. 476, 169 S.W.2d 4S8; Dotson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 344 S.W.2d 879.
For such error, the judgment of the trial' court is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Opinion approved by the court.