Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1934

Reynolds v. State

Reynolds v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided April 18, 1934 · Christian
70 S.W.2d 1118; 126 Tex. Crim. 165; 1934 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 574 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Reynolds v. State

Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

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

No statement of facts is brought forward. The single bill of exception found in the record cannot be appraised in the absence of a statement of facts.

In pronouncing sentence 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 four years.

As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.

Judgment reformed and, as reformed, affirmed.

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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