Case Name: William Lee BAILEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1973-11-28
Citations: 501 S.W.2d 633
Docket Number: No. 46945
Parties: William Lee BAILEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 501
Pages: 633–634

Head Matter:
William Lee BAILEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 46945.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 28, 1973.
James E. Davis, Texarkana, for appellant.
Lynn Cooksey, Dist. Atty., Texarkana, Jim D. Vollers, State’s Atty., Buddy Stevens, Asst. State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
The conviction was for robbery by firearms ; the punishment by the jury, life.
Since the conviction was for robbery by firearms, and the punishment of life is not authorized by Art. 1408, Vernon's Ann.P. C., the conviction must be reversed and remanded. Ex parte Jackson, Tex.Cr.App., 490 S.W.2d 586; Ex parte Taylor, Tex. Cr.App., 462 S.W.2d 41. See also Ex parte Harris, Tex.Cr.App., 495 S.W.2d 231.
Appellant is ordered released from confinement by the Department of Corrections and ordered delivered to the sheriff of Bowie County to answer the indictments there pending against him.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Opinion approved by the Court.