Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Clubb

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1950No. 25152PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

This is a proceeding by Roy Boyd Clubb, an inmate of the penitentiary, seeking his release because of a void judgment entered on his plea of guilty before the court, without a jury, in the 46th District Court of Wilbarger County, Texas, on the 14th day of January, 1946. The punishment assessed by the judgment reads: “* * * that he be punished by confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years * *

We have frequently held such judgments to be void for uncertainty unless it contains a jury finding by which it may be made…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex parte BensonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
  2. Ex parte MontgomeryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ex parte RodriguezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  2. Ex Parte RenierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Ex Parte RenierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Ex Parte WingfieldCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  5. Ex Parte WingfieldCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955

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