Barrera v. State
Barrera v. State
070rehearing
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Appellant now moves this court to reverse this conviction because he has been deprived of a statement of facts through no fault of his own. We quote from the joint affidavit of appellant’s counsel and the court reporter as follows:
“Appellant’s motion for a new trial herein was overruled by the Trial Court of Nueces County, Texas, on March 8, 1955. That immediately thereafter, Appellant ordered a Statement of
“Appellant further shows that shortly after ordering said Statement of Facts from said official court reporter he paid said court reporter $180.00 which was the estimated cost of said Statement of Facts and that Appellant made inquiry from time to time about said Statement of Facts and endeavored to obtain same but could not do so, because of the fact that the official court reporter’s said husband was near death from April 5, 1955, until July 15, 1955. And for such reason Appellant could not obtain said Statement of Facts and could not prepare Bills of Exception without the record being presented to him.
“Appellant further shows that the trial of this cause lasted for two full days and that there was no possibility of Appellant or his attorney remembering what objections were made and that numerous objections and exceptions were made during the trial of said cause.”
The appellant in his brief states that one oí the court reporter’s notebooks had been misplaced, but we note that such recitation is not contained in the affidavit.
Be this as it may, the appellant has not seen fit to tender to this court for filing the statement of facts which they acknowledge was delivered to him in August.
We think the facts set forth in the affidavit clearly distinguish this case from Brannon v. State, 137 Texas Cr. R. 611, 132 S.W. 2d 594, relied upon by the appellant.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.
Opinion of the Court
The conviction is for the sale of marihuana; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.
The record on appeal contains no statement of facts or bills of exception. All proceedings appear to be regular and nothing is presented for review.
The judgment is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Ramon Barrera v. state
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- Published