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· 12/12/1979

Zulauf v. State

Citations

  • 591 S.W.2d 869
  • 1979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1762

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that phrase \[n]o person shall drive a vehicle on the highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing ...\ is clear command that legislature intended to make speeding a strict liability offense
  • holding that phrase \[n]o person shall drive a vehicle on the highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing ...\ is clear command that legislature intended to make speeding a strict liability offense
  • explaining “that the Legislature intended to make speeding a strict liability offense” and that liability would not be contingent on an allegation of a culpable mental state
  • relying on legislature’s use of the “absolutely obligatory” language “no person shall drive . . .” to conclude that legislature “intended The Honorable Phil Garrett - Page 4 (JC-0451
  • relying on legislature's use of the \absolutely obligatory\ language \no person shall drive . . .\ to conclude that legislature \intended to make speeding a strict liability offense where liability would not be contingent on allegation of a culpable mental state\
  • the `tide of disagreement, . . . seems to rise and fall seasonally, over limitation on the territorial jurisdiction of a justice of the peace court'

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Judges: Odom, Davis, Clinton

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