Ex Parte Sentell

Justices Smith,

joined by Justices Griffin and Calvert, dissenting.

We respectfully dissent. The rule announced by the majority should not be and, in our opinion, is not the law. The court’s judgment in this case is void for the reason that there is no evidence to sustain it. Moreover, even in the absence of supporting evidence, the judgment itself does not contain recitations of facts necessary to its validity.

In the case of Ex Parte Fisher, 146 Texas 328, 206 S.W. 2d 1000, this Court said in part: “Whether he committed the act charged is conclusively determined by the order or judgment of the…