Newhall v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction from which this appeal is prosecuted was had at a term of County Criminal Court No. 3 of Dallas County which began March 1, 1965 and closed May 1, 1965.

Judgment upon the jury’s verdict was rendered March 10, 1965, and on the same day appellant filed motion for new trial assigning as reason therefor “that the verdict is contrary to the law and evidence.”

On March 30, 1965, appellant filed his amended motion for new trial alleging the same ground.

The trial court was without authority to extend the time allowed by Art. 755…