Woods v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

These cases present important questions concerning our appellate jurisdiction to entertain them. Specifically, the question is whether the sentence, 1 as defined by Art. 42.02, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., 2 in each of the cases was untimely and improperly pronounced.

In cause numbers 51,004, 51,005 and 51,-006, Woods waived trial by jury and entered pleas of guilty before the court to three indictments, each charging him with burglary of a habitation. The pleas were taken, Woods was convicted, and the court assessed punishment at seven years’ confinement in each case on December…