Court Opinion

ID: 9775163
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:46:35.879117+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:22.056140
License: Public Domain

ROBERTS, Judge
(concurring).
I concur in the results as enunciated by the majority. However, in my view, the effect of Section 6.01(c) of the Act is not significantly different from that of Section 4.06, previously held void in our opinion in Smith v. Blackwell, 500 S.W.2d 97 (1973). Therefore, I concur in this holding for the same reasons advanced in the concurring opinion in Smith v. Blackwell, supra.
Section 6.01(c) is even broader than Section 4.06, since it applies to any criminal action arising under the old law, rather than being limited to offenses involving marihuana. Since Section 6.01(c) covers a broader range of offenses, there is consequently a greater need for notice of its contents, which the caption of the Controlled Substances Act, with its failure to indicate that new penalties shall be retroactive, fails to provide.
The cases cited in the concurring opinion in Smith v. Blackwell, supra, apply with equal force to Section 6.01(c). Under the rules announced in those cases, the caption of the Act fails to give fair notice of the existence of Section 6.01(c), and that Section is void.
For the reasons stated, I concur.