UPCHURCH v. STATE

No. 31060.

329 S.W.2d 438 (1959)

Robert Hammett UPCHURCH, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Mitchell, Austin, for appellant.

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


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is negligent homicide of the second degree; the punishment, a fine of $250.

The unlawful act which the complaint and information charged was that appellant was unlawfully driving and operating a motor vehicle on a public highway "not having in his immediate possession a valid operator's license authorizing him to so drive and operate such motor vehicle, as required by law."

Art. 6687b Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Sec. 2(b), provides...

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