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Penninger v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 22, 1964
377 S.W.2d 952 (Tex. Crim. App. 1964)

Opinion

No. 36897.

April 22, 1964.

Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 5, Harris County, Sam W. Davis, J.

No attorney of record on appeal, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, James C. Brough and J. R. Musslewhite, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


The conviction is for robbery by assault; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

No statement of facts of the evidence adduced upon the main trial accompanies the record.

One formal bill of exception to certain alleged improper jury argument is found in the transcript. The bill of exception was by the court refused, with the court's reasons noted thereon, and returned to the clerk. Appellant, after notice by the clerk of the court's refusal, filed no bystanders bills and took no further action in the matter.

Under the record, the bill of exception cannot be considered. English v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 338 S.W.2d 446; Thompson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 339 S.W.2d 209; Holley v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 366 S.W.2d 570.

The judgment is affirmed.

Opinion approved by the court.


Summaries of

Penninger v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 22, 1964
377 S.W.2d 952 (Tex. Crim. App. 1964)
Case details for

Penninger v. State

Case Details

Full title:Robert Lee PENNINGER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Apr 22, 1964

Citations

377 S.W.2d 952 (Tex. Crim. App. 1964)