Case Name: Juanita Dailey v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1955-11-23
Citations: 162 Tex. Crim. 387
Docket Number: No. 27,842
Parties: Juanita Dailey v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 162
Pages: 387–388

Head Matter:
Juanita Dailey v. State
No. 27,842.
November 23, 1955
Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing Denied (Without Written Opinion) January 18, .1956
Ben Hagman and V. P. Craven, Weatherford, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is felony theft, the punishment, 3 years.
Our state's attorney confesses error. The verdict was returned by a jury consisting of only eleven jurors. A verdict of less than twelve jurors will not support a valid judgment. Clark v. State, 161 Tex. Cr. Rep. 278, 276 S. W. 2d 819, and cases there cited.
Appellant urges, however, that we write on the question of former jeopardy which she contends was raised. Though the record is far from complete on the question, we do observe that there was no final judgment in the prior case because notice of appeal was given before the court dismissed the case. Only a final judgment will support a plea of former conviction.
Ramirez v. State, 147 Tex. Cr. Rep. 218, 179 S. W. 2d 976.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.