Case Name: Mark Peeler v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1877
Citations: 3 Tex. Ct. App. 347
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Parties: Mark Peeler v. The State.
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Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 347–347

Head Matter:
Mark Peeler v. The State.
Necessity oe Plea. —A conviction in a felony case will he set aside when the record fails to show that he pleaded to the indictment, or that, upon Ms refusal to plead, the plea of not guilty was entered for Mm.
Appeal from the District Court of Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. D. M. Prendergast.
The indictment was for theft of a horse. The jury found appellant guilty, and awarded him five years of the penitentiary.
No brief for the appellant.
George McGormicTc, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Ector, P. J.
In this case we find nothing in the record showing that the defendant pleaded to the indictment, or, upon his refusal to do so, that the plea of not guilty was entered for him. By repeated decisions of this court such failure has been held fatal to the judgment.
The judgment of the district court is, therefore, reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.