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In Shappley v. State, 520 S.W.2d 766, 775 (Tex.Cr.App. 1975), it was held that this Court should avoid a construction of a statute which will render a provision "futile and purposeless," and that to allow a trial court to impose a fine which the jury has recommended be probated "would render a defendant's right to make his motion for probation before a jury 'futile and meaningless' since the judge could circumvent the jury verdict."
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No. Y-318.
August 25, 1975.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Escambia County; Kirke M. Beall, Judge.
James Ron Shelley, Public Defender; Reagan Ptomey, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Andrew W. Lindsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Affirmed on authority of Tucker v. State, 316 So.2d 297, First District Court of Appeal, Opinion filed June 30, 1975.
BOYER, C.J., and MILLS and McCORD, JJ., concur.