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Thrash v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Nov 23, 1966
408 S.W.2d 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1966)

Opinion


408 S.W.2d 511 (Tex.Crim.App. 1966) Lawrence W. THRASH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. No. 39906. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. November 23, 1966

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted, upon his plea of guilty and waiver of a jury, of the offense of burglary and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

Trial was had and notice of appeal was given on April 8, 1966.

The record contains no statement of facts and no bills of exception. No motion to withdraw the notice of appeal was filed by appellant in the trial court and no appellate brief is shown to have been filed with the clerk of the trial court.

The sentence pronounced by the court orders that appellant be confined in the Texas Department of Corrections for 'not less than 1 day nor more than 5 years.'

The minimum punishment for burglary being two years (Art. 1397, Vernon's Ann.P.C.), the sentence is reformed so as to give application to the indeterminate sentence law (Art. 42.09 of the 1965 Code) and provide that appellant be confined in the Department of Corrections for 'not less than two years nor more than five years.'

As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.

Opinion approved by the Court.


Summaries of

Thrash v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Nov 23, 1966
408 S.W.2d 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1966)
Case details for

Thrash v. State

Case Details

Full title:Lawrence W. THRASH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Nov 23, 1966

Citations

408 S.W.2d 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1966)