Fernandez v. State
Fernandez v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant was charged with the crime of murder, and upon his trial was found guilty of murder with malice, and sentenced to a term of five years in the penitentiary.
We find this record in a peculiar condition. The term of court at which appellant was convicted began in September, 1940; the trial court continued such term twice, and until same adjourned on December 23, 1940, on which date appellant’s
The district clerk should not file any statement of facts until the same has received the approval of the judge trying the case, and we can not consider such a statement without the proper and timely approval of such judge. See Art. 760, C. C. P.
It is also noted that the statement of the facts adduced upon the hearing of the motion for a new trial is not agreed to by the attorneys in the case, nor approved nor signed by the trial judge. We cannot consider this statement.
There are no bills of exceptions in the record. The proceedings appear to be regular, and perceiving no error in the record, the judgment is affirmed.
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