Case Name: HARRIS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-05-31
Citations: 62 S.W.2d 120
Docket Number: No. 16016
Parties: HARRIS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 62
Pages: 120–121

Head Matter:
HARRIS v. STATE.
No. 16016.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 31, 1933.
Rehearing Granted June 23, 1933.
Harwood Beville, of Amarillo, for appellant. I
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Conviction for misdemeanor'theft; punishment, ninety days in the county jail.
Appellant's motion for new trial was overruled on October 20, 1932. By order of the court sixty days were given for filing statement of facts and bills of exception. Computation shows this period to have expired on December 19, 1932. Thereafter the court made an order granting thirty days' additional time for such filing. The period first granted having expired, the court had no power to make an extending order on December 20th. Wiggs v. State, 117 Tex. Cr. R. 539, 36 S.W.(2d) 765; Cupp v. State, 118 Tex. Cr. R. 238, 38 S.W.(2d) 1102; Buckley v. State, 108 Tex. Cr. R. 316, 300 S. W. 67; Stevenson v. State, 110 Tex. Cr. R. 383, 10 S.W.(2d) 548; Simpson v. State, 110 Tex. Cr. R. 399, 10 S.W.(2d) 567; Leago v. State, 112 Tex. Cr. R. 39, 13 S.W.(2d) 852; Ibeck v. State, 112 Tex. Cr. R. 287, 16 S.W.(2d) 232. Many other authorities are to the same effect.
The bills of exception were filed January 18th. We regret that under the law same cannot be considered. Article 760, C. O. P., requires that bills of exception be filed within thirty days after the expiration of the trial term, or else within the limit of some period fixed by legal order of the court. It is uniformly held that after the expiration of a time limit fixed by order of the court, the trial court has no power to grant a new extension which would take the time of filing beyond that fixed by statute.
The statement of facts, however, was filed on January 18, 1932, which was within the ninety-day period granted by said article 760, supra, from the overruling of the motion for new trial, and said statement of facts has been considered. Examination of the facts causes, us to say that we are without power to decide that the jury had no right to believe appellant guilty. There are facts in the record supporting such conclusion.
Finding no error in the record calling for reversal, the judgment will be affirmed.