Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1969

Sewell v. State

Sewell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided May 21, 1969 · Belcher
440 S.W.2d 852; 1969 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 840 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Sewell v. State

Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the subsequent offense of driving while intoxicated; the punishment, two years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The appellant did not comply with Section 9 of Article 40.09, Vernon’s Ann.C. C.P., in that he did not file a brief in the trial court “(w)ithin thirty days after approval of the record by the court” or during any additional period which the court authorized setting forth the grounds of error of which he desires to complain on appeal. Hill v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 403 S.W.2d 797; Yarbrough v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 408 S.W.2d 230; Melick v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 409 S.W.2d 412; Dewitt v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 409 S.W.2d 852; Ochoa v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 424 S.W.2d 642.

Nothing appears in the record which should be considered under the provisions of Article 40.09, Section 13, supra.

No question of indigency is raised.

The judgment is affirmed.

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