Court Opinion

ID: 5025009
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 04:42:11.196102+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:03:20.717676
License: Public Domain

The offense is carrying a pistol; the punishment, 60 days in jail and a fine of $25.
Article 483, Vernon's Ann.P.C., which denounces the offense with which appellant was charged, provides that the punishment for a violation thereof shall be by a fine or
imprisonment. It does not provide for both.
This exact question was before this Court in Everett v. State, 154 Tex.Crim. R., 226 S.W.2d 873, and we there held that the punishment assessed was not authorized by the statute and reversed the conviction.
It is so ordered in this case.