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408 S.W.2d 229

Burks v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 16, 1966

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1966-11-16

Decided 1966-11-16

¶1OPINION

WOODLEY, Judge.

¶2The offense is negligent homicide, second degree; the punishment, a fine of $3,-<000.

¶3The state moved to dismiss the appeal because the record contains no sentence as required by Art. 40.09 C.C.P.

¶4Upon motion of appellant’s counsel filed in the trial court directing attention to the fact that no sentence had been pronounced, the trial court on October 17, 1966, pronounced sentence “to take effect nunc pro tunc as of the 15th day of March, 1966, when the judgment was rendered” and certified copies of the motion and sentence were forwarded to this Court to be made a part of the record on appeal.

¶5Art. 42.04 C.C.P. 1965 requires that in all cases other than death penalty and probation cases “sentence shall be pronounced before the appeal is taken.”

¶6Art. 42.06 C.C.P., relating to sentence nunc pro tunc, does not authorize the pronouncement of such sentence after an appeal has been taken.

¶7The state’s motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed.

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