Serna v. State
284 S.W. 576, 104 Tex. Crim. 407, 1926 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 864
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The offense is murder, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of six years.
A dismissal must be ordered for the want of a sentence. The *408 sentence is the final judgment and is an essential pre-requisite to the jurisdiction of this court. See Art. 856, C. C. P.; Vernon’s Texas Crim. Stat., Vol. 2, p. 851, and cases collated; Branch’s Ann. Texas P. C., p. 338, Sec. 667; also Bennett v. State, 80 Texas Crim. Rep. 652.
The appeal is dismissed. Dismissed.
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Serna v. State, 284 S.W. 576, 104 Tex. Crim. 407, 1926 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 864 (Tex. 1926).
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Bennett v. State
194 S.W.2d 145 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1916)