Brannan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
At the conclusion of the sentence are these words: “This sentence, however, is suspended until the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, to which the defendant appealed, is sustained.” The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forgery and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the State penitentiary.
The record is before us without a motion for a new trial, any bill of exceptions or a statement of facts. A notice of appeal is vaguely referred to in the sentence pronounced, but no notice other than this appears in the record. In the ease of Young v. State, 41 Texas Crim. Rep., 247, it is held that such indefinite notice is insufficient to confer jurisdiction on this court. However, in the case of Lewis v. State, 39 S. W. Rep., 370, it is held that the sentence…
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