Court Opinion

ID: 9774256
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:13:04.705343+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:04.441908
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DALLY, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result since the punishment assessed was imprisonment for one year. The statement in the majority opinion that, “[i]t is well settled that criminal defendants in misdemeanor cases are entitled to counsel if there exists a possibility that imprisonment may be imposed,” is contrary to the rule in this jurisdiction as well as in many others. See Empy v. State, 571 S.W.2d 526 (No. 55,957, decided 9/20/78); Aldrighetti v. State, 507 S.W.2d 770 (Tex. Cr.App.1974).
In this case there existed more than a possibility of imprisonment. The punishment actually assessed, although probated, was imprisonment for one year. I concur in the result.