Jefferson v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an out of time appeal. The record reflects that on April 3, 1964, appellant was convicted of murder; the punishment was assessed at ninety-nine years. The original appeal resulted in affirmance in Jefferson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 395 S.W.2d 611. Such opinion held that nothing was presented for review since no statement of facts or formal bills of exception were properly before this court. On April 19, 1972, this court found that appellant, an indigent, had been deprived of an effective appeal and ordered preparation of the record, that appellant may be accorded an…