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Scales v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 26, 1939
127 S.W.2d 451 (Tex. Crim. App. 1939)

Opinion

No. 20381.

Delivered April 26, 1939.

Sentence Reformed — Indeterminate Sentence Law.

A sentence which failed to observe the indeterminate sentence law was reformed to show that defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years and not more than for life, and, as reformed, judgment affirmed.

Appeal from District Court of Lamar County. Hon. George P. Blackburn, Judge.

Appeal from conviction as an accomplice to murder; penalty, confinement in penitentiary for life.

Sentence reformed, and, as so reformed, judgment affirmed.

The opinion states the case.

R. E. Eubank and J. M. Braswell, both of Paris, for appellant.

Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


Appellant was convicted of an accomplice to murder, and a life term was assessed by the jury.

There are no bills of exception nor statement of facts in the record. The proceedings in the transcript appear to be proper and regular, with the exception of the sentence, which fails to observe the indeterminate sentence law. The sentence will be reformed so as to read that appellant is sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years and not more than for life, and as thus reformed, the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

Scales v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 26, 1939
127 S.W.2d 451 (Tex. Crim. App. 1939)
Case details for

Scales v. State

Case Details

Full title:S.C. SCALES v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Apr 26, 1939

Citations

127 S.W.2d 451 (Tex. Crim. App. 1939)
127 S.W.2d 451