Case Name: Sidney Oliver v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-06-29
Citations: 95 Tex. Crim. 261
Docket Number: No. 7840
Parties: Sidney Oliver v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 95
Pages: 261–261

Head Matter:
Sidney Oliver v. The State.
No. 7840.
Decided June 29, 1923.
Murder — Sentence—Jurisdiction.
Where the record failed to show that the appellant was sentenced in the court below, the jurisdiction of this court does not attach, and the appeal must be dismissed.
Appeal from the District Court of Hardin. Tried below before the Honorable J. M. Combs.
Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
The record fails to show that the appellant was sentenced. In the absence of the sentence, which is the final judgment, the jurisdiction of this court does not attach. If, in fact, he was sentenced, the record may be corrected by motion for rehearing or by writ of certiorari. If he was not sentenced, he may appeal from the judgment when it is made final. °
As the matter is now before this court, it has no option but to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. It is so ordered.
Dismissed.