DocketNumber： No. 8740.
Citation Numbers： 284 S.W. 576, 104 Tex. Crim. 407, 1926 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 864
Judges： Morrow, Hawkins
Filed Date： 2/4/1926
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/19/2024
The offense is murder, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of six years.
A dismissal must be ordered for the want of a sentence. The *Page 408 sentence is the final judgment and is an essential pre-requisite to the jurisdiction of this court. See Art. 856, C. C. P.; Vernon's Texas Crim. Stat., Vol. 2, p. 851, and cases collated; Branch's Ann. Texas P. C., p. 338, Sec. 667; also Bennett v. State, 80 Tex.Crim. Rep..
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.