Case Name: LEE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1915-11-10
Citations: 181 S.W. 728
Docket Number: No. 3804
Parties: LEE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 181
Pages: 728–728

Head Matter:
LEE v. STATE.
(No. 3804.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 10, 1915.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 19, 1916.)
Ceiminal Law <&wkey;871 — Verdict—Form.
In a criminal prosecution, where the court submitted three forms of verdict — one if the jury found defendant not guilty, a second if they found her guilty, and recommended a suspension of sentence, and a third if they found her, guilty and recommended that sentence be not suspended — the filling out the blank in the latter form signed by the foreman, and received by the court without exception, was a good verdict.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2079-2081; Dec. Dig. &wkey;S71.]
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Jas. W. Swayne, Judge.
Albirda Lee was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and she appeals.
Affirmed.
McLean, Scott & McLean, of Ft. Worth, for appellant. C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and her punishment assessed at two years' confinement in the state penitentiary.
The court, in submitting his charge to the jury, submitted also three forms of verdict: One in case the jury found appellant not guilty; one in case they found her guilty, and recommended a suspension of sentence, and the other if they found appellant guilty and recommended that the sentence be not suspended. Instead of writing out their verdict in full, the jury filled out the blanks in this latter form, and the foreman signed his name thereto. No exception was reserved at the time the verdict was received by the court, but in the motion for a new trial it is contended this amounted to no verdict Such contention cannot be sustained.
The judgment is affirmed.
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