Case Name: David Burton v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1929-04-17
Citations: 112 Tex. Crim. 334
Docket Number: No. 12491
Parties: David Burton v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 334–335

Head Matter:
David Burton v. The State.
No. 12491.
Delivered April 17, 1929.
The opinion states the case.
No brief filed for appellant.
A. A. Dawson of Canton, State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
MARTIN, Judge.
— Offense, misdemeanor theft; penalty, 180 days imprisonment in the county jail.
Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense. The point is attempted to be raised on motion for new trial that such plea was taken without any warning having been given to appellant and the judgment of guilty rendered without hearing any evidence. There is no merit in either of these contentions. By the specific terms of Art. 518, C. C. P., such judgment may be rendered without hearing evidence. Nor is it necessary in misdemeanor cases to give the admonition prescribed by Art. 501, C. C. P., for felony cases upon a plea of guilty. Johnson v. State, 39 Tex. Crim. Rep. 625.
Finding no error in the record, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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.