Case Name: Leaton Eugene Akin v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1957-10-30
Citations: 165 Tex. Crim. 367
Docket Number: No. 29,135
Parties: Leaton Eugene Akin v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 367–369

Head Matter:
Leaton Eugene Akin v. State
No. 29,135.
October 30, 1957.
State’s Motion for Rehearing Overruled December 11, 1957.
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Dwight Whitewell, County Attorney, Corsicana, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Art. 6687b, Subsection 4 of Sec. 32, Vernon's R.C.S., makes it unlawful for one to fail or refuse to surrender to the Texas Department of Public Safety, on demand, any operator's, commercial operator's, or chauffeur's license which has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked, as provided by law.
This is an appeal from a conviction for violating that statute, with punishment assessed at fifteen days' confinement in jail and a fine of $100.
It will be noted that the offense denounced by the statute is complete only when the Texas Department of Public Safety has first made demand that the license be surrendered.
It follows, therefore, that for an information to charge a violation of that statute there must be an allegation that a demand was made for the surrender of the license.
The instant information carries no such allegation, but charges only that the appellant did " fail to return to the Department of Public Safety his Texas Operator's License and registration after the same had been duly suspended by said Department."
Upon its face, the information does not charge a violation of the law and is therefore insufficient to support a conviction.
What we have said here is not to be construed as a determination of the validity of the statute. That question is not reached or decided.
For the reason stated, the conviction is reversed and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.