Legal Opinion

Nothaf v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 11, 1922No. 6429Published

Appeal from Criminal Histriet Court, Dallas County; Robert B. Seay, Judge. John L. Nothaf was convicted of robbery, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, P. J.

The offense is robbery; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 20 years.

[1] The state, through the Assistant Attorney General, challenges the authority of the court to consider appellant’s bills of exceptions. They reached the trial judge on the 13th of June, and were then approved. Appellant’s counsel, on the day previous, which was Sunday, notified the clerk of the court that he had completed the bills. The final judgment was entered on March 29th, and it thus appears that the bills were given the judge for approval on the seventy-sixth day thereafter. The court…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  2. State Ex Rel. Tucker v. DavisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
  3. Hamill v. SamuelsTexas Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Couturie v. CrespiTexas Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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