Court Opinion

ID: 9944517
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-26 17:15:26.299386+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:06:34.783087
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As I understand the majority opinion it holds, in effect, that the suspension *Page 599 
or revocation of a license to operate a motor vehicle upon a public road or highway is not subject to executive clemency unless the offense which resulted in such suspension or revocation was committed after the effective date of the amendment of Art. 6687b, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. (August 30, 1965).
I do not so construe the statute.
The amendment of Art. 6687b, V.C.S. does not alter my view that '(a) jury would not be authorized * * * to assess a lesser fine or shorter jail term because the defendant would automatically lose his license to drive a motor vehicle. Aside from the punishment by fine and jail term which the court explained to the jury, other effects of a conviction were not material and were properly excluded.' (quote from my dissent in Davison v. State, 166 Tex.Crim. R., 313 S.W.2d 883, 885)