Case Name: VANDERGRIFF v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-11-20
Citations: 87 S.W.2d 714
Docket Number: No. 17778
Parties: VANDERGRIFF v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 87
Pages: 714–714

Head Matter:
VANDERGRIFF v. STATE.
No. 17778.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 20, 1935.
T. S. Williams and Sellers Spence, both of Sulphur Springs, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.
Looking to the transcript, the caption discloses that the term of court at which appellant was tried adjourned October 6, 1934, whereas the judgment of conviction reflects that the verdict was returned February 15, 1935. Again, it appears that motion for a new trial was overruled March 9, 1935, and notice of appeal given on the, same date. Under the decisions, the appeal must be dismissed. See Williams v. State, 113 Tex.Cr.R. 219, 18 S.W(2d) 654; Sherwood v. State, 88 Tex.Cr.R. 273, 225 S.W. 1101.
In one part of the transcript it appears that motion for a new trial was overruled and notice of appeal given March 9, 1935, whereas it is shown in another place that said motion was overruled and notice of appeal given February 25, 1935. The transcript should correctly reflect the date upon which notice of appeal was given.
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.