Brown v. State

128 S.W.2d 1197, 137 Tex. Crim. 187, 1939 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 360
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in Brown v. State. Read the opinion of the Court — 135 Tex. Crim. 3
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas·Decided May 31, 1939·No. No. 20443.·Published

Opinion

GRAVES, Judge.

Conviction is for felony theft; punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exception, hence no question is presented for review.

We observe that in pronouncing sentence against appellant the court overlooked giving effect to the indeterminate sentence law as provided in Art. 775, Vernon’s Ann. C. C. P., and directed the confinement of appellant in the penitentiary for three years. The sentence will be reformed to direct appellant’s confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than three years, and as thus reformed the judgment is affirmed.

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Brown v. State, 128 S.W.2d 1197, 137 Tex. Crim. 187, 1939 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 360 (Tex. 1939).

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