Court Opinion

ID: 9765747
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:17:34.709881+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:15.343605
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ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
MORRISON, Judge.
Appellant argues on rehearing that our original opinion erred in refusing to pass on his Formal Bill of Exception No. 2 and in treating it as a bill refused by the trial court, appellant having failed to accept the reasons assigned by the trial judge as provided in Article 760d, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.
It is appellant’s position that his Formal Bill of Exception No. 2 should stand approved as submitted without qualification; he contends that the court omitted to refuse the bill and thereby approved it, notwithstanding the court’s qualification thereto.
We do not agree and hold that the qualification on its face constituted a refusal to approve appellant’s Formal Bill of Exception No. 2 and adhere to our view that the bill is not before us for review in light of the failure of the defendant to accept the trial court’s reasons for refusing to approve the bill or to file bystanders bills. Cooper v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 365 S.W.2d 793, and Alston v. State, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 17, 338 S.W.2d 723.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.