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GILLILAND v. STATE

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan 25, 1961

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $50.

This is a prosecution under Article 802, Vernon's Ann.P.C., for the violation of which a jail term is mandatory.

The punishment assessed being less than the minimum provided by law, the judgment will be reversed on appeal. Malone v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 328 S.W.2d 310; Henderson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 318 S.W.2d 898, and cases there cited.

The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.