Case Name: CHANEY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-12-15
Citations: 112 S.W.2d 464
Docket Number: No. 19245
Parties: CHANEY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 112
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
CHANEY v. STATE.
No. 19245.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 15, 1937.
State’s Rehearing Denied Jan. 26, 1938.
A. A. Dawson, of Canton, for appellant.
Lewis O. Orsborn, Co. Atty., of Canton, and Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for unlawfully driving an automobile upon the public highway while intoxicated; penalty assessed at a fine of $50.
The verdict of the jury prohibits the appellant from driving a motor vehicle upon the highways of Texas for a period of 12 months. Such verdict was authorized by article 802a of the Penal Code. However, that article was repealed by chapter 466, Acts of 44th Legislature, 2d Called Session, 1935, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 6687a. Under the terms of chapter 466, supra, which was in force at the time of the appellant's conviction, he could only be prohibited from driving a motor vehicle on the highways of Texas for a period of 6 months for the first offense. In the absence of the evidence adduced upon the trial, this court must assume that the present instance is the first conviction of the appellant of the offense in question.
By reason of the repeal of article 802a, supra, by the act of the Legislature mentioned, that part of the verdict of the jury depriving the appellant of the right to drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of Texas for a period of 12 months was unauthorized. See Harris v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 109 S.W. 2d 201; Harris v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 109 S.W.2d 203; Reeves v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 109 S.W.2d 1051, not yet reported in State report.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the cause remanded.