Bidelspach v. State

Mar 31, 1993
No. 1622-92
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OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of failing to complete a ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍trip ticket for the transportation of liquid waste pursuant to Irving, Tex. Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances § 53-6(d)(2) (1970). Punishment was assessed at a fine of seventy-five ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍dollars. The Court of Appeals reversed. Bidelspach v. State, 840 S.W.2d 516, 519 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1992). We granted the State.’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals was ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍correct in its determination that § 53-6(d)(2) is unconstitutional.

We have considered the ground presented and find the State’s petition for discretionary review was improvidently granted and is, therefore, dismissed. ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍As is true in every ease where discretionary review is dismissed, the dismissal does not constitute endorsement or adoption of the reasoning employed by the Court of Appeals. Sheffield ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‍v. State, 650 S.W.2d 813 (Tex.Cr.App.1983). With this understanding, we dismiss the State’s petition for discretionary review.