Case Name: WEEKS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-06-22
Citations: 296 S.W. 599
Docket Number: No. 10893
Parties: WEEKS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 296
Pages: 599–600

Head Matter:
WEEKS v. STATE.
(No. 10893.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 22, 1927.
W. J. Cunningham, of Abilene, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
BETHEA, J.
The appellant was convicted for the offense of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
There are no bills of exception and no objections to the court's charge. The only question for our consideration is whether or not the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict.
The case was tried at the November term. 1926, before Hon. W. R. Ely, judge of the Eorty-Second judicial district. The statement of facts was examined and approved on March 10, 1927, by Hon. Jas. P. Stinson, special judge of the Eorty-Second judicial district. There is nothing in the record showing that the statement of facts was ever presented to Judge Ely, and no reason- is shown why same was not so done. Under article 2248, Revised Civil Statutes 1925, it is necessary that the judge who tried the case should approve the statement of facts. There is but one exception to this rule, and that is where the judge who tried the case dies before the time for such approval, in which event the same may be approved by his successor, as provided by article 2288, Revised Civil Statutes, 1925.
With the record in this condition, the statement of facts cannot be considered. Richardson v. State, 71 Tex. Cr. R. 111, 158 S. W. 517; Quinney v. State, 86 Tex. Cr. R. 358, 216 S. W. 882.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
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.