Case Name: James Clayton SPELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1957-01-02
Citations: 297 S.W.2d 168
Docket Number: No. 28684
Parties: James Clayton SPELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 297
Pages: 168–168

Head Matter:
James Clayton SPELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 28684.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 2, 1957.
Judgment Affirmed Feb. 20, 1957.
See 298 S.W.2d 814
Joseph B. Dibrell, Segum, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is murder-without malice; the punishment, three years.
The so-called notice of appeal which appears in the record before us reads as follows:
"I hereby waive a motion for new trial and agree that the Court may sentence me on this date; however, I reserve my right to appeal my case on the record."
This is not sufficient to confer jurisdiction upon this Court. Donegan v. State, 89 Tex.Cr.R. 193, 230 S.W. 166. Texas Digest, Criminal Law,
The appeal is dismissed.