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155 Tex. Crim. 620

Stephens v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 7, 1951

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1951-02-07

Decided 1951-02-07

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

¶1Appellant was convicted of murder with malice and by the jury assessed a term of 38 years in the state penitentiary.

¶2The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exception.

¶3It does appear from the transcript that the judgment herein finds appellant guilty and assesses his punishment at not less than two years and not more than 38 years in the penitentiary. However, the verdict of the jury only provides for 38 years therein. This matter finds its counterpart in Ex parte Simmons, 154 Texas Crim. Rep. 544, 229 S. W. (2d) 167.

¶4The judgment herein will therefore be reformed to evidence appellant’s guilt as found by the jury and that he be punished as provided herein by confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 38 years.

¶5It is noted that the sentence conforms to the indeterminate sentence statute, Art. 775, Vernon’s C.C.P.

¶6The judgment herein is reformed to show a punishment of 38 years, and as thus reformed, it will be affirmed.

¶7ON appellant’s motion for rehearing.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

¶8In his motion for rehearing, appellant insists that the record does not reflect the jurisdiction of the district court of Wilson *622County, because there is nothing showing that the venue of the case had been transferred from Bexar County, where the offense was alleged to have been committed and the indictment returned.

¶9Since the filing of such motion there has been filed in this court a supplemental transcript evidencing that the venue of the case was properly transferred from Bexar County to Wilson County.

¶10The motion for hearing is overruled.

¶11Opinion approved by the court.

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