Case Name: D. D. Lawless v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1932-04-13
Citations: 120 Tex. Crim. 207
Docket Number: No. 15139
Parties: D. D. Lawless v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 207–208

Head Matter:
D. D. Lawless v. The State.
No. 15139.
Delivered April 13, 1932.
The opinion states the case.
R. R. Huffman, of Marshall, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— Driving an automobile while intoxicated is the offense; penalty assessed' at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The motion for new trial was overruled and notice of appeal entered on the 26th day of September, 1931. The statement of facts was filed in the trial court on January 5, 1932. By statute (article 760, subd. 5, C. C. P.), the time that may intervene between the notice of appeal and the filing of the statement of facts in the trial court is limited to 90 days. Unless it is shown that the delay was not due to any fault or .negligence of the appellant or his counsel, this court is precluded from giving consideration to the statement of facts. See George v. State, 25 Texas App., 229, 8 S. W., 25, and cases collated. For the reasons stated, we are not permitted to consider the statement of facts.
The bills of exception were filed in time for consideration. However, they present no question for review which, in the absence of the statement of facts, can be considered.
The point made that the court was in error in depriving the jury of the right to question the identity of the offense in considering the matter of increased punishment, as set forth in article 61, P. C., 1925, is not supported by the record. The jury was accurately and properly charged upon the subject.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.