Case Name: John ALLEN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-06-15
Citations: 298 S.W. 1113
Docket Number: No. 10975
Parties: John ALLEN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 298
Pages: 1113–1113

Head Matter:
John ALLEN v. STATE.
(No. 10975.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 15, 1927.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 19, 1927.
Hiram G. Brown, of Mt. Pleasant, for appellant. Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
BAKER, J.
The appellant was convicted of murdering one R. T. Blalock on or about May 10, 1923, and his punishment assessed at 12 years in the penitentiary. The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exception, but discloses that the trial court, in sentencing appellant, ignored the provisions of the indeterminate sentence law and ordered that he be confined in the penitentiary for 12 years. The sentence is now reformed, so as to read that the appellant shall be confined in the penitentiary for not less than 5 nor more than 12 years. Finding no reversible error in the record, the judgment of the trial court, as reformed, is affirmed.
PER CURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Cr-iminal Appeals and approved by the court.