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154 Tex. Crim. 321

Daulton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 18, 1950

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1950-01-18

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1966

2 state decisions

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Decided 1950-01-18

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¶1ON appellant’s motion for rehearing.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

¶2In our original opinion we held valid the order of the commissioners’ court fixing the terms of the county court from the fourth Monday in June until the fourth Monday in August, both days inclusive, of each year.

¶3The instant judgment was entered on the 11th day of August, 1949, which was within the period of time mentioned.

¶4By a supplemental transcript presented and filed in connection with appellant’s motion for rehearing, it is made to affirmatively appear by the certificate of the clerk that during the aforesaid period of time no term of the County Court of Baylor County was opened or convened.

¶5Such fact conclusively establishes the correctness of the caption to the instant judgment, which certifies that it was entered at a “special session” of the court.

¶6The order of the commissioners’ court went no further than to fix the terms of court. Such order did not, in fact, convene the term of court therein authorized. The court not having convened, it was not in session, and a “special” term is not authorized by law.

¶7It is apparent that the instant judgment of conviction was entered at a “special session” of the County Court of Baylor County and that, for such reason, it is void. Stone v. State, No. 24,560, this day decided. (Page 338 of this volume.)

¶8*326Appellant’s motion for rehearing is granted, the judgment of affirmance is set aside, and the judgment of the trial court is now reversed and the cause remanded.

¶9Opinion approved by the court.

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