Couch v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The appellant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, but because it is the policy of this court to always pass upon the same where properly before us, we make the following explanation of our inability to do so in the case at bar.

The statement of facts found in the record does not bear the approval of the trial judge, nor is it agreed to by appellant or his counsel, or by the attorney representing the state, the only manner authorized by Article 759(a), Vernon’s Ann. C. C. P., for authenticating…