Case Name: Abundio Garza v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-11-22
Citations: 171 Tex. Crim. 420
Docket Number: No. 33,964
Parties: Abundio Garza v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 420–421

Head Matter:
Abundio Garza v. State
No. 33,964.
November 22, 1961
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
McDonald, judge.
The offense is operating an automobile without the owner's consent; the punishment, thirty days in jail and a fine of $25.
In examining the complaint and information we find the statutory requisite of Art. 1341, V.A.P.C., is not properly alleged as to the value of the automobile operated without the consent of the owner, Manuel Valdez.
The above article, as amended by act of the 56th Legislature, 1959, makes it necessary to allege the value of a motor vehicle in cases of this kind, and fixes punishment, misdemeanor, under Sec. "a" when the vehicle is valued at less than $200; and under Sec. "b" when the vehicle is valued at more than $200 a possible punishment may be assessed for any term not exceeding three years in the penitentiary.
Even though no objection has been urged, we regard the above error as fundamental; accordingly, the cause is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.