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373 S.W.2d 256

Pullins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 4, 1963

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1963-12-04

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently May 1987

3 state decisions

Relies on Compian v. State · Craven v. State · King v. State

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Decided 1963-12-04

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WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

¶1Our opinion on original submission affirming the conviction is withdrawn.

¶2The complaint and information alleged the theft of one coat of the value of ten dollars. The judgment appealed from was entered on a plea of guilty before the court to the information and shows that the court assessed as punishment a fine of One Hundred Dollars, but no jail term.

¶3Theft of property of the value of over $5 and under $50 is punishable by imprisonment in jail not exceeding two years, and a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars, or by such imprisonment without fine. Art. 1422 Vernon’s Ann.P.C.

¶4Imprisonment in jail being mandatory, the conviction with punishment by fine only cannot be affirmed. Olsson v. State, 171 Tex.Cr.R. 43, 344 S.W.2d 693; Craven v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 350 S.W.2d 34; Compian v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 363 S.W.2d 468.

¶5The appellant’s motion for rehearing is granted. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded..

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