Case Name: BURLESON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-01-13
Citations: 102 S.W.2d 1063
Docket Number: No. 18687
Parties: BURLESON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 102
Pages: 1063–1064

Head Matter:
BURLESON v. STATE.
No. 18687.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 13, 1937.
On the Merits March 10, 1937.
R. Temple Dickson, of Sweetwater, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is driving an automobile on a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $200 and confinement in jail for thirty days.
The caption fails to Show the date of the adjournment of the trial court. Under the decisions, this defect requires the dismissal of the appeal. Miller v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 86 S.W.(2d) 460.
No sentence appears in the record. The offense of which appellant was convicted being a felony, it was the duty of the trial court 'to pronounce sentence upon the judgment of conviction. Under the decisions, an offense is a felony which is punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, even though it also carries, as an alternative punishment, a fine or imprisonment in the county jail. McCloud v. State, 124 Tex.Cr.R. 37, 60 S.W.(2d) 237. In the absence of a sentence,' this court is without jurisdiction. McCloud v. State, supra.
The appeal is dismissed.
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.