Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 1958

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1958-02-05

Relies on Betts v. Brady · Parsons v. State

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Decided 1958-02-05

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently February 1989

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MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

¶1The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, ten years.

¶2No statement of facts or bills of exception accompany the record.

¶3Appellant, in person, has filed a brief alleging that his constitutional rights have been violated in that he was tried without benefit of counsel.

¶4This allegation standing alone would not be sufficient to show that appellant’s constitutional rights have been violated. Betts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455, 62 S.Ct. 1252, 86 L.Ed. 1595, and Parsons v. State, 153 Tex.Cr.R. 157, 218 S.W.2d 202.

¶5All things appearing regular and no reversible error appearing, the judgment is affirmed.