Legal Opinion

Miller v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 20, 1954No. 26749Published

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

This purports to be an appeal for violating the so-called “hot check” law, Art. 567b, V.A.P.C., with punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

No sentence accompanies the record.

A sentence is necessary in ordinary felony cases for the jurisdiction of this court over an appeal. Art. 769, C.C.P.; Standley v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 246 S.W.2d 641.

The appeal is dismissed.

Opinion approved by the court.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Standley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952