Court Opinion

ID: 9647775
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:50:09.083626+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:32:16.226850
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DOUGLAS, Judge,
dissenting.
The verdict returned by the jury is sufficient to show that a fine of $100 was assessed and none of it was to be probated. Apparently some of the jurors thought that he should have probation of a jail term, but no jail term was assessed. All that the jurors should have been asked under Article 37.05, V.A.C.C.P., was if the verdict returned was theirs.
The verdict is not ambiguous and the intention of the jury can be ascertained from it. The mental processes shown by the questioning of the jurors does not take away from the verdict. The reasoning and authority in Footnote 7 of the majority opinion are sufficient to show that the judgment based upon the $100 fine in the verdict should be affirmed.
ODOM, J., joins in this dissent.