Legal Opinion

Sheppard v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 8, 1911No. 1543PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, charged with burglary, by the grand jury of Angelina County. When tried he was found guilty, and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the penitentiary.

There is with the record what purports to be a statement of facts, but it is neither signed nor approved by the judge of the court trying the cause. A document purporting to be a statement of facts, and signed as such, by the attorneys for the State and the accused, but not approved and signed by the judge, constitutes no part of the record, and in this court the case stands as though there…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Elizando v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
  2. Sessions v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
  4. Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Burnett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  2. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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