Parris v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

Appellant’s trial commenced on December 7, 1964. On January 13, 1965, his motion for new trial was overruled and sentence was pronounced on the same date. No notice of appeal was given from this conviction obtained under the former Code of Criminal Procedure.

On or about February 26, 1968, the appellant forwarded an application for ha-beas corpus under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., 1967, to the convicting court. Said application made a claim as to suppression of evidence and the denial of an appeal. The…