Case Name: Travis Birdette v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1941-05-21
Citations: 142 Tex. Crim. 1
Docket Number: No. 21545
Parties: Travis Birdette v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 1–2

Head Matter:
MAY 21, 1941
Travis Birdette v. The State.
No. 21545.
Delivered May 21, 1941,
The opinion states the case.
Williamson & Nordyke, of Stephenville, for appellant.
Spurgeon E. Bell, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
Appellant was convicted upon indictment charging three separate and distinct offenses and was assessed a fine of $25.00. This fine might have been assessed by a jury under either count of the indictment and their verdict fails to inform the court of the count under which they found him guilty. The amount of the penalty being applicable to more than one, we are unable to determine from anything in the record which one they meant, and a fatal defect is thereby apparent. For this reason we do not consider the other questions presented in the appeal.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded.