Case Name: Frederico Montalvo v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1931-12-23
Citations: 122 Tex. Crim. 526
Docket Number: No. 14498
Parties: Frederico Montalvo v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 526–534

Head Matter:
Frederico Montalvo v. The State.
No. 14498.
Delivered December 23, 1931.
Appeal Reinstated February 17, 1932.
State’s Rehearing Granted October 5, 1932.
Appellant’s Rehearing Denied January 25, 1933.
Reported in 56 S. W. (2d) 184.
The opinion states the case.
Bismarh Pope and Phillip A. Kazen, both of Laredo, for appellant.
Lloyd W Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is theft of cattle; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for three years.
We find in the record a purported judgment which begins by setting out the verdict of the jury as follows: "We the jury in the above styled and numbered cause find the defendant, Federico Montalvo, guilty as charged in the indictment and assess his penalty at three years confinement in the state penitentiary. Don H. Marsh, Foreman."
Following the verdict is the order of the court adjudging; appellant to be guilty of theft of cattle as found by the jury.. It is -not shown that appellant entered any plea. It is not shown that a jury was impaneled. Whether evidence was submitted, is not disclosed. If the court charged the jury, or received the. verdict, the judgment fails to show it. There was an utter failure to comply with article 766, C. C. P., relating to the. requisite of a judgment. Hellman v. State, 87 Texas Crim. Rep., 460, 222 S. W., 980.
No sentence appears in the record. A sentence is necessary to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Criminal Appeals. Butler v. State (Texas Crim. App.), 8 S. W. (2d) 183; Doyle v. State, 104 Texas Crim. Rep., 582, 286 S. W., 214.
The appeal is dismissed. Appellant is granted fifteen days from this date in which to perfect the record.
Dismissed.
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.