Serop v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

There is a motion made to strike out the statement of facts because not signed by appellant’s counsel, although signed by the county attorney, and approved by the district judges. There are some decisions so holding, but is this a correct construction of the provisions of our statute? Article 824 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that if a case is appealed, a statement of facts may be drawn up and certified and placed in the record as in civil cases. Our Civil…