Court Opinion

ID: 9671884
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:44:24.884817+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:12.729090
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On Appellant’s Second Motion for Rehearing
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The writer concurred in the majority opinion on appellant’s motion for rehearing. After more mature study and in the light of appellant’s brief, I have concluded that there is a serious question as to the soundness of the reasoning therein contained. I do, however, remain convinced that the original opinion on appellant’s motion to reinstate the appeal properly disposed of this case.
As stated in such opinion, this Court need not pass upon the constitutionality of the present statute because, under the stipulations of fact in the record, it is established that the appellant did drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of sixty miles per hour upon a public highway in Reagan County, Texas. If the Act of 1951 as amended in 1955 is constitutional (and upon this question I do not commit myself), then the appellant is guilty under the provisions of that Act. If, in a case in which such holding became necessary, the Act of 1951 as amended in 1955 should be held to be unconstitutional, then the appellant would still be guilty under the 1941 Act.
Judge WOODLEY’S views are those stated in his opinion on rehearing, but he agrees with the writer that if the amendments of 1951 and 1955 are void, the conviction should be upheld as a prosecution under the 1941 Act. We so held in Judge DICE’S opinion on original submission and have not departed from that view.
Appellant’s second motion for rehearing is overruled.