Case Name: Louis David Young v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1953-02-04
Citations: 158 Tex. Crim. 240
Docket Number: No. 26,246
Parties: Louis David Young v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 240–241

Head Matter:
Louis David Young v. State.
No. 26,246.
February 4, 1953.
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
Appellant was charged by indictment with the felony offense of driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated, after having been convicted of the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated. He waived a jury and entered a plea of guilty, whereupon judgment was entered adjudging him guilty of the offense charged and fixing his punishment at a. fine of $250.' -
Notice of appeal was entered upon the overruling of appellant's motion for new trial, but the record does not disclose that sentence has been pronounced.
The conviction being for a felony, an appeal does not lie until sentence has been pronounced. Art. 769 C.C.P.; Wilburton v. State, 77 Tex. Cr. R. 657, 179 S.W. 1169; Carlile v. State, 97 Tex. Cr. R. 477, 262 S.W. 489; Garbs v. State, 155 Tex. Crim. Rep. 290, 234 S.W. 2d 869.
The appeal is dismissed.