Bowers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The prosecution is based upon Article 1150 P. C. which denounces as an offense the failure of one driving or controlling an automobile which comes in collision with another to stop and render aid. The punishment was assessed at a fine of three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
The offense of which appellant was convicted is a felony. It therefore was the duty of the trial court to pronounce sentence on the judgment of conviction. The sentence constitutes the final judgment from which an appeal may be taken. This court has no jurisdiction in the absence of a final judgment. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pierce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928