Dixon v. State
This text of 204 S.W.2d 839 (Dixon v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The conviction is for the unlawful possession and sale of a narcotic drug, to-wit, morphine. The penalty assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.
The State’s Attorney has filed a motion requesting that the appeal be abated by reason of the death of appellant which occurred after the appeal had been filed in this court. Attached to the motion and made a part thereof is the affidavit of the Hon. R. L. Whitehead, Criminal District Attorney of Gregg County, and also a certified copy of the death certificate from the City Registrar of Vital Statistics at Longview, Texas, both of which verify the facts stated in the motion.
The death of the appellant deprives this court of jurisdiction of the appeal, and it is therefore abated.
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204 S.W.2d 839, 151 Tex. Crim. 16, 1947 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1003, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/dixon-v-state-texcrimapp-1947.