Case Name: James Thomas SHAW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1958-02-05
Citations: 313 S.W.2d 888
Docket Number: No. 29525
Parties: James Thomas SHAW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 313
Pages: 888–891

Head Matter:
James Thomas SHAW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 29525.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 5, 1958.
On Motion for Rehearing May 14, 1958.
James L. Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.
Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Ben F. Ellis, A. D. Bowie, and John Orvis, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for driving while intoxicated, with punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and ten days' confinement in jail.
The trial court granted the state's motion to instruct appellant's counsel not to mention, refer to, allude to, or comment on, in the presence of the jury, the fact that upon conviction appellant's right to drive a motor vehicle would automatically be suspended for six months and that such suspension would be part of the punishment inflicted.
In Davison v. State, Tex.Cr.App., - S.W.2d -, we held that such an instruction violated appellant's constitutional right of representation by counsel and ordered a reversal of the conviction.
For the reasons there stated, the judgment in this case is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Judge WOODLEY recorded his dissent in the Davison case and for the reason therein stated he dissents here.