Case Name: MILLER v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-05-29
Citations: 86 S.W.2d 460
Docket Number: No. 17603
Parties: MILLER v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 86
Pages: 460–462

Head Matter:
MILLER v. STATE.
No. 17603.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 29, 1935.
Appeal Reinstated June 28, 1935.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 16, 1935.
Bozeman & Cathey, of Quitman, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is rape; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiai-y for eight years.
The transcript fails to show that any sentence was ever pronounced against appellant. Article 769, C. C. P. (Vernon's Ann.) provides that in all felony cases •save where the death penalty has been assessed sentence shall be pronounced "before the appeal is taken." In such cases it has always been held that sentence was prerequisite to appeal, and that, in the absence of a sentence, this court is without jurisdiction. Nichols v. State, 123 Tex. Cr. R. 448, 59 S.W.(2d) 388.
It is observed that the caption fails to show the date of the adjournment of the trial court. Under the decisions, this defect also requires a dismissal of the appeal. Howie v. State, 119 Tex. Cr. R. 17, 43 S.W.(2d) 594, and authorities cited.
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.