Case Name: TURMAN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-04-19
Citations: 60 S.W.2d 231
Docket Number: No. 15833
Parties: TURMAN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 60
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
TURMAN v. STATE.
No. 15833.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 19, 1933.
Rehearing Denied May 24, 1933.
Wm. Scanlan, of Brownsville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for theft of an automobile; punishment being seven years in the penitentiary.
The statement of facts is entirely in question and answer form. We copy what was said in Strickel v. State, 120 Tex. Cr. R. 465, 49 S.W.(2d) 797, 798, as appropriate here: "The statement of facts is in question and answer form. We would be warranted in declining to consider it for that reason. Some confusion arose regarding the preparation of statements of fact under the provisions of chapter 135, 42d Leg. (Regular Session), page 228, but that was cleared up by chapter 34 (first Called Session), 42d Leg. p. 75, § 1 (Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 2237), making it plain that statements of fact in criminal cases should be in narrative form. The act of the special session mentioned became effective August 17, 1931. The present case was not tried until November, 1931, and the statement of facts was filed in the court below January 16,1932. We call attention to this matter so that other statements of fact reaching us may be in proper form."
[I] The present case was tried in September, 1932; motion for new trial overruled October 8, 1932, and the statement of facts was filed in the trial court on January 5, 1933, more than a year and four months after the act of the special session of the Legislature became effective. The statement of facts cannot be considered. Hill v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 55 S.W.(2d) 835.
The bills of exception appearing in the record cannot be appraised in the absence of the facts.
The judgment is affirmed.