366 SW2D 575 - Stroebel v. State

How this case has been cited

Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently November 1987 · most notably Hodge v. State (1982), Graham v. State (1968)

25 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

MORRISON, Judge.

¶1The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $125.00.

¶2Our able State’s Attorney confesses error, and we agree.

¶3Bill of exception No. 2, filed within the 90 days but not acted upon by the trial court within the 100 days provided by Article 760d, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., reflects that appellant who had never before been involved in any criminal transaction, had no experience in the trial of criminal cases, was arrested one evening and brought before the judge the following morning, at which time he requested that the trial court grant him reasonable time to engage and confer with counsel, and the court refused such request and forced appellant to trial.

¶4It is axiomatic that an accused should be accorded a reasonable time to engage and confer with counsel before being required to plead. Henderson v. State, 137 Tex.Cr.R. 18, 127 S.W.2d 902.

¶5The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded.