Case Name: Charles B. Hoskins v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-12-10
Citations: 73 Tex. Crim. 107
Docket Number: No. 2847
Parties: Charles B. Hoskins v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 73
Pages: 107–109

Head Matter:
Charles B. Hoskins v. The State.
No. 2847.
Decided December 10, 1913.
Rehearing denied February 18, 1914.
1. —Forgery—Suspended Sentence—Agreement of District Attorney.
Where defendant filed a plea for suspension of sentence which the jury ignored, and he thereupon contended in his motion for new trial that he had an agreement with the district attorney that this should be done, etc., and that therefore the verdict should be set aside and a new trial granted, which motion the court heard and overruled, there was no reversible error.
2. —Same—Statement of Facts—Motion for New Trial.
A statement of facts of the evidence heard on motion for new trial must be filed during term time, and unless this is done, the same can not be heard on appeal. Following Black v. State, 41 Texas Grim. Rep., 185, and other cases.
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso. Tried below before the Hon. Dan M. Jackson.
Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
Stanton & Weeks, for appellant.
G. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
PBENDEBGAST, Presiding Judge.
The appellant was convicted of forgery and his penalty fixed at four years in the penitentiary.
He filed a proper plea seeking to have the jury recommend that his sentence be suspended. The court properly submitted this question to the jury and the jury refused to so recommend. He plead guilty.
In his motion for new trial he alleged that he had agreed with the district attorney to plead guilty with the understanding from the dis-strict attorney that he should receivv a sentence of two years and it should be suspended. He further therein says that he understands that sentence can only be suspended by the court when recommended by the jury, and the jury having failed to recommend the suspension of his sentence and the district attorney being unable to carry out the agreement with him, he thereupon asked that the verdict be set aside, he granted a new trial, another jury empaneled and again try his case; that he still insists that he wants to plead guilty and does not desire to avoid his agreement to that effect, bnt wants the State to carry out its agreement with him. This is the sole ground for a new trial. The judgment of the court on said .motion shows that the court heard evidence thereon, and after hearing the evidence overruled the motion. What this evidence was the record in no way discloses. In his sworn plea, seeking a suspended sentence, he makes no allegation as to any agreement with the district .attorney, but merely "states to the court that he has never heretofore been convicted of a felony in this or any other State; and makes application for suspended sentence, in case of conviction, as provided by law." Under the circumstances we must conclude that the testimony heard by the district judge on his motion for new trial did not sustain his allegation, and that the action of the court in overruling his motion is correct. So that the judgment will be affirmed.
Affirmed.