Case Name: Frank Florez v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1942-01-21
Citations: 143 Tex. Crim. 160
Docket Number: No. 21844
Parties: Frank Florez v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 160–161

Head Matter:
Frank Florez v. The State.
No. 21844.
Delivered January 21, 1942.
The opinion states the case.
Carpenter & Boling, of Lubbock, for appellant.
Spurgeon E. Bell, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The conviction is for the maintenance of a common nuisance; the punishment, a fine of $50.00.
The prosecution arose and was properly maintained under Art. 666-42, Vernon's Annotated Penal Code, inasmuch as the alcoholic beverage involved contained less than four per centum of alcohol by weight.
The trial court, in his charge, failed to require an affirmative finding of the existence of the elements essentially necessary to constitute the offense charged, in order for the jury to convict appellant. A special charge embodying such elements was requested and refused. The same question was before this court in Walker v. State, No. 21,847, decided January 14, 1942, (page 155 of this volume) and was there held to be error, requiring a reversal of the case.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded.
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.