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Stephens v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
May 26, 1915
177 S.W. 92 (Tex. Crim. App. 1915)

Opinion

No. 3589.

Decided May 26, 1915.

1. — Burglary — Sufficiency of the Evidence.

Where, upon trial of night-time burglary, the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, there was no reversible error.

2. — Same — Statement of Facts — Question and Answer Form.

Where the alleged statement of facts was in question and answer form, the same could not be considered on appeal. Following Criner v. State, 71 Tex.Crim. Rep..

Appeal from the District Court of Henderson. Tried below before the Hon. John S. Prince.

Appeal from a conviction of night-time burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The opinion states the case.

No brief on file for appellant.

C.C. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, for the State. — Cited cases in opinion.


Appellant was convicted of night-time burglary and assessed the lowest punishment.

Appellant has but one bill of exceptions, which is to the refusal of the court to give his special charge telling the jury the evidence was insufficient to convict, and to peremptorily acquit him. In fact, the only question in the case that can be considered is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict.

There is with the record the stenographic report of the proceedings, and testimony taken on the trial in question and answer form, and there is no statement of facts otherwise. This statement can not be considered as a statement of facts under the uniform holding in many decisions of this court, and the statute. See Criner v. State, 71 Tex.Crim. Rep., 159 S.W. Rep., 1059, where some of the cases to this effect are collated.

However, we have read this stenographic report, and if we could consider it as a statement of facts we think it is clear that the evidence is amply sufficient to sustain the verdict.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Stephens v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
May 26, 1915
177 S.W. 92 (Tex. Crim. App. 1915)
Case details for

Stephens v. the State

Case Details

Full title:SHERMAN STEPHENS v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: May 26, 1915

Citations

177 S.W. 92 (Tex. Crim. App. 1915)
177 S.W. 92

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