TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. RYLAND

No. 16606.

533 S.W.2d 91 (1976)

The TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant, v. Thomas James RYLAND, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe G. Resweber, County Atty., Richard I. Colton, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.


PEDEN, Justice.

Thomas James Ryland was convicted of operating a motorcycle upon a public street without wearing upon his head protective headgear which had been approved by the Department of Public Safety of Texas. The question on appeal is whether this was a conviction of a moving traffic law violation. We hold that it was.

Mr. Ryland had earlier been found to be an habitual violator of the traffic laws of the state, under Article 6687b, Sec. 22(b)4, Vernon...

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