Case Name: Walter Olson v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-03-29
Citations: 171 Tex. Crim. 43
Docket Number: No. 33,220
Parties: Walter Olson v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 43–44

Head Matter:
Walter Olson v. State
No. 33,220.
March 29, 1961
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge, absent.
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
McDonald, judge
Appellant pleaded guilty to an information charging him with theft of personal property of the value of $21, and the court, without intervention of a jury, found him guilty as charged and and assessed his punishment at a fine of $5.
Art. 1422, V.A.P.C., provides as follows:
"Theft of property under the value of fifty dollars and over the value of five dollars shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not exceeding two years, and by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by such imprisonment without fine " (Emphasis, ours)
The punishment here assessed, being a fine, only, is not authorized by law, and the conviction can not be sustained.
Because of the failure of the trial court to assess an authorized punishment, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.