Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1933

Bowden v. State

Bowden v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided December 13, 1933 · Christian
65 S.W.2d 1101; 125 Tex. Crim. 2; 1933 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 597 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Bowden v. State

Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exception. No question is presented for review.

The court failed to make application of the Indeterminate Sentence Law. The sentence is reformed in order that it may be shown that appellant is condemned to confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years. As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.

Judgment reformed, and, as reformed, affirmed.

*3 The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has-been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals • and approved by the Court.

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