Legal Opinion

Fields v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1961No. 34008PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the-punishment, 25 years.

No statement of facts or bills of exception appear in the record.

Appellant’s attorney on appeal only-alleges that the judgment is void because it fails to recite that the punishment had" been determined by the jury. We do not agree. The judgment recited that he was. guilty of a felony “as found by the jury, and', that he be punished, as has been determined. * * * ”

All of appellant’s remaining complaints set forth in his brief relate to alleged errors in the court’s charge. In the absence of a statement of facts,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Conwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Snyder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  2. Grunwald v. City of Castle Hills, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2003
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  4. Trussell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

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