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Jennings v. StateJennings v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 11, 1912
No. 2120.
Reporters:
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Before:
Harper
HARPER, Judge.

— Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of burglary, and ‍​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‍his punishment assessed at ten years confinement in the State penitentiary.

Accompanying the record is a letter from appellant’s ‍​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‍attorney stating that it is appellant’s desire to withdraw his appeal. The rules of this court provide that such ‍​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‍request must be signed in person and sworn to by the person convicted of crime. However, there is no ‍​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‍statement of facts accompanying the record, and there is no question raised in the motion for new trial ‍​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‍that we can review under such circumstances.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Jennings v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Dec 11, 1912
Citations: 151 S.W. 1050; 68 Tex. Crim. 613; 1912 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 665; No. 2120.
Docket Number: No. 2120.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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