Case Name: JACKSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1921-10-19
Citations: 234 S.W. 77
Docket Number: No. 6397
Parties: JACKSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 234
Pages: 77–77

Head Matter:
JACKSON v. STATE.
(No. 6397.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 19, 1921.)
Criminal law &wkey;l 144(10, 17) — Presumption against error.
Where, on appeal from conviction of murder, on which accused is sentenced to life imprisonment, the recoi’d is without statement of facts or bills of exceptions, and no fundamental error appears, the Court of Criminal Appeals must give full presumption to the fairness of the trial and the propriety of the judgment, notwithstanding the severity of the punishment.
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Tar-rant County; George E. Hosey, Judge.
Dave Jackson was convicted of murder, and appeals.
Affirmed.
It. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Appellant was convicted of murder, and punishment fixed at life imprisonment. The record is before us without statement of facts or bills of exceptions. No fundamental error appearing, it is our duty to give full presumption to the fairness of the trial and propriety of the judgment, even though the punishment be severe.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
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