Case Name: McCLOUD v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-04-05
Citations: 60 S.W.2d 237
Docket Number: No. 15785
Parties: McCLOUD v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 60
Pages: 237–238

Head Matter:
McCLOUD v. STATE.
No. 15785.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 5, 1933.
Appeal Reinstated April 26, 1933.
Rehearing Denied May 24, 1933.
Marshall & King, of Graham, for appellant. ■
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is driving an automobile upon a street of an incorporated city while intoxicated ; the punishment, a fine of $100.
No sentence appears in the record. The offense of which appellant was convicted being a felony, it was the duty of the trial court to pronounce sentence upon the judgment qf conviction. Under the decisions, an offense is a felony which is punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, even though it also carries as an alternative! punishment a fine or imprisonment in the county jail. McFadden v. State, 108 Tex. Cr. R. 166, 300 S. W. 54; Pierce v. State, 109 Tex. Cr. R. 24, 2 S.W.(2d) 461. In the absence of a sentence this court is without jurisdiction.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.