Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1950

Powell v. State

Powell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided May 24, 1950 · Graves
230 S.W.2d 218; 1950 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2343 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Powell v. State

Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to •the offense of burglary and was assessed a penalty of confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of eight years.

The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exception. ■

We note that the court, in sentencing the defendant, failed to make application •of the indeterminate sentence law. Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. art. 775. Therefore, the sentence will be reformed so as to direct that the defendant shall be confined in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than eight years.

As so reformed, the judgment of the trial court will be affirmed.

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