Taylor v. State

Full title: William D. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Dec 8, 1965

396 S.W.2d 893 (Tex. Crim. App. 1965)

Opinion

No. 39077.

December 8, 1965.

Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1, Travis County, J. Travis Blakeslee, J.

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

Speeding is the offense; the punishment, a fine of $100.

Appellant's conviction resulted from a trial de novo in County Court at Law No. 1 of Travis County, after an appeal from a conviction in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin.

This court's jurisdiction in appeals originating in the Corporation Court is limited to convictions where the fine assessed exceeds $100. Art. 53, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Hoover v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 355 S.W.2d 527; Butler v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 363 S.W.2d 469.

The appeal is dismissed.

Opinion approved by the court.