· 12/12/1979
Zulauf v. State
Citations
- 591 S.W.2d 869
- 1979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1762
How courts have described this case
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- 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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