Case Name: MORGAN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-10-12
Citations: 124 S.W.2d 398
Docket Number: No. 20154
Parties: MORGAN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 124
Pages: 398–399

Head Matter:
MORGAN v. STATE.
No. 20154.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 12, 1938.
Lindsey & Vaughan, and O. H. Woodrow, all of Sherman, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
GRAVES, Judge.
Conviction is for assault to rape, punishment, ninety years confinement in the penitentiary.
The transcript fails to show that any sentence was ever pronounced against appellant. Art. 769, C.C.P., provides that in all felony cases, save where the death penalty has been assessed, sentence shall be pronounced "before the appeal is taken." In such cases it has always been held that sentence was prerequisite to appeal, 'and that, in the absence of a sentence, this court is without jurisdiction. Nichols v. State, 123 Tex.Cr.R. 448, 59 S.W.2d 388.
The appeal is dismissed.