Legal Opinion

Birdsong v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 12, 1966No. 38886Published

1Opinion of the Court

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is failure to stop and render aid; the punishment, five years.

The record reveals that appellant gave notice of appeal on March 22, 1965. On June 21, 1965, an order was filed extending the time for filing a statement of facts to 45 days after that date. The statement of facts was not filed until August 6, 1965, after the expiration of the 45-day extension granted by the trial court, and it is not approved by the trial judge. This Court therefore cannot consider the statement of facts. Article 759a, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.; Hill v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 375…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

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