Case Name: Clyde Wayne LOVETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1978-09-27
Citations: 571 S.W.2d 194
Docket Number: No. 58565
Parties: Clyde Wayne LOVETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: Before ODOM, VOLLERS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 571
Pages: 194–195

Head Matter:
Clyde Wayne LOVETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 58565.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.
Sept. 27, 1978.
Charles C. Orsburn, Joseph Paul McGuffy, Houston, for appellant.
Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Alvin M.- Titus and Robert N. Burdette, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for the State.
Before ODOM, VOLLERS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated rape; punishment was assessed by the court at twelve years.
We are confronted at the outset with defects in the record that require dismissal. The sentence was pronounced immediately upon the heels of assessment of punishment without waiver of the time allowed by statute for motion for new trial or in arrest of judgment. Although the docket sheet and form sentence recite "ten days time waived," this is not sufficient to reflect the required waiver, and furthermore is in conflict with the true proceedings reflected in the transcribed court reporter's notes. Middleton v. State, 537 S.W.2d 25 (Tex.Cr.App.). Although the record shows that a motion for new trial was filed and a hearing on it was conducted, those proceedings occurred before assessment of punishment and therefore before entry of judgment. The time for those proceedings is after judgment and before sentence. See Art. 40.05, V.A.C.C.P.; Woods v. State, 532 S.W.2d 608 (Tex.Cr.App.); Faurie v. State, 528 S.W.2d 263 (Tex.Cr.App.).
Because the sentence was pronounced too soon, the appeal must be dismissed. Bedell v. State, 443 S.W.2d 850 (Tex.Cr.App.); Matheson v. State, 492 S.W.2d 273 (Tex.Cr.App.); Woods, Faurie, Middleton, all supra. After proper time for motion for new trial has passed and any such motion disposed of, timely sentence should be pronounced and notice of appeal may be given.
The appeal is dismissed.