He was also ordered to pay the costs of the civil appeal.
The case now has the status of a civil appeal rather than a criminal matter.
The last trip of the civil appeal was made on 5 January 2009 to 16 hours.
However, in July the court rejected his civil appeal as well.
He served as associate justice of the ninth court of civil appeals (1933-1943).
However, 10-20% of civil and criminal appeals are successful in reversing the decision of the original trial.
Criminal appeals were abolished in 1933, while civil appeals continued until 1949.
Texas and Oklahoma each separate courts of last resort for civil and criminal appeals.
In 2003 the Court dealt with 482 criminal and 148 civil appeals and 235 miscellaneous applications.
The number of civil appeals is small.