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Fields v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 6, 1961
353 S.W.2d 470 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)

Opinion

No. 34008.

December 6, 1961.

Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2, Harris County, Langston G. King, J.

John J. Browne (On Appeal Only), Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, 25 years.

No statement of facts or bills of exception appear in the record.

Appellant's attorney on appeal only alleges that the judgment is void because it fails to recite that the punishment had been determined by the jury. We do not agree. The judgment recited that he was guilty of a felony 'as found by the jury, and that he be punished, as has been determined. * * *'

All of appellant's remaining complaints set forth in his brief relate to alleged errors in the court's charge. In the absence of a statement of facts, errors in the charge cannot be considered. Snyder v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 329 S.W.2d 292, and Conwell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 258 S.W.2d 86.

Finding no reversible error, the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

Fields v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 6, 1961
353 S.W.2d 470 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)
Case details for

Fields v. State

Case Details

Full title:Robert Lee FIELDS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Dec 6, 1961

Citations

353 S.W.2d 470 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)

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