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Baca v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
May 6, 1959
324 S.W.2d 557 (Tex. Crim. App. 1959)

Opinion

No. 30565.

May 6, 1959.

Appeal from the 64th Judicial District Court, Hale County, Harold M. LaFont, J.

No attorney of record on appeals for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


Upon a plea of guilty before the court without a jury, appellant was convicted of unlawfully possessing marihuana and his punishment assessed at 3 years confinement in the penitentiary.

At the trial, the State introduced evidence showing the appellant's guilt as required by Art. 12, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. As a witness in his own behalf, appellant testified that he had never been convicted of a felony and called witnesses who testified that his reputation for truth and veracity and for being a law-abiding citizen was good.

No motion for new trial appears to have been filed by appellant and no brief has been filed in his behalf.

There appears in the record an instrument which purports to be appellant's bill of exceptions. The instrument appears to have been filed with the clerk of the trial court but does not bear the signature and approval of the trial judge and therefore cannot be considered by this court as a bill of exception. Baird v. State, 162 Tex.Crim. R., 288 S.W.2d 67.

The evidence is sufficient to support the conviction and no error is shown.

The judgment is affirmed.

Opinion approved by the court.


Summaries of

Baca v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
May 6, 1959
324 S.W.2d 557 (Tex. Crim. App. 1959)
Case details for

Baca v. State

Case Details

Full title:Adan Hernandes BACA, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: May 6, 1959

Citations

324 S.W.2d 557 (Tex. Crim. App. 1959)
168 Tex. Crim. 191