Case Name: Grover C. McDANIEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1969-12-10
Citations: 447 S.W.2d 910
Docket Number: No. 42462
Parties: Grover C. McDANIEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 447
Pages: 910–910

Head Matter:
Grover C. McDANIEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 42462.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 10, 1969.
James A. Mills, Dallas (On Appeal Only), for appellant.
Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Alvin Wal-voord, Ronald Chapman, John B. Tolle, Camille Elliott and James P. Finstrom, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim Vollers, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
BELCHER, Judge.
The offense is breaking and entering an automobile with intent to commit theft; the punishment, three years.
The record reflects that on August 1, 1968, the appellant was brought to trial, found guilty by a jury, and his punishment was assessed by the court. On the same day the appellant was sentenced, and in open court he gave notice of appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals. On August 7, 1968, the appellant filed his motion for a new trial which was overruled by operation of law.
The record does not reflect that the appellant waived his 10 days allowed for making the motion for a new trial or the motion in arrest of judgment; it appears, therefore, that the sentence was untimely and improperly entered. Where the sentence has been improperly and untimely entered, this Court is without jurisdiction to entertain an appeal. For want of a proper sentence, the appeal is dismissed. Art. 42.03, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Art. 42.-04, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Posas v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 443 S.W.2d 849; Bedell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 443 S.W.2d 850.
The appeal is dismissed.