Case Name: REID v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1952-01-09
Citations: 246 S.W.2d 197
Docket Number: No. 25624
Parties: REID v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 246
Pages: 197–197

Head Matter:
REID v. STATE.
No. 25624.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 9, 1952.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 27, 1952.
Charlie T. Davis, Dallas, fof appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Commissioner.
Upon his plea of guilty to the charge of driving an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated, appellant was assessed punishment at 730 days in jail.
No bills of exception accompany the record.
If we understand appellant's contention, it is that the penalty assessed under the facts is unconscionable and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
While it is true that our Constitution prohibits the infliction of "cruel or unusual punishment", Art. 1, Sec. 13, so long as the punishment assessed is within the limits prescribed by a valid law it is not cruel or unusual within the meaning of the Constitution. Authorities attesting the rule will be found in Vernon's Ann.Constitution,. Art. 1, Sec. 13, Note 5. Stroud v. State, 145 Tex.Cr.R. 264, 167 S.W.2d 526.
The maximum jail sentence author-' ized to be imposed for the offense charged is two years. Art. 802, Vernon's P.C. The-penalty inflicted appears not to exceed that maximum.
The judgment is affirmed.
Opinion' approved by the Court.