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397 S.W.2d 436

Van Ostrand v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 5, 1966

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1966-01-05

Relies on 147 Tex. Crim. 661 - Ex Parte Traxler · 170 Tex. Crim. 16 - Slaughter v. State · McCarty v. State

Decided 1966-01-05

WOODLEY, Judge.

¶1The offense is drunk driving; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $50.

¶2The verdict of the jury which the trial court received and upon which the judgment of conviction was rendered recites that the jury found the defendant guilty as charged and fixed his punishment “at confinement in the county jail for Three -and by a fine of $50.00.”

¶3The verdict assessed no definite punishment and for that reason is fatally defective. McCarty v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 317 S.W.2d 748; Slaughter v. State, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 16, 336 S.W.2d 944, and cases cited; Ex Parte Traxler, 147 Tex.Cr.R. 661, 184 S.W.2d 286, and cases cited.

¶4The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

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