Court Opinion

ID: 9771858
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:56:27.14915+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:38.383946
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ROBERTS, Judge,
dissenting.
For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Housewright v. State, 573 S.W.2d 233 (Tex.Cr.App.1978), I dissent. If a motion for new trial is timely filed, sentence should not be pronounced until the motion has been expressly overruled following a hearing or overruled by operation of law. See Ex Parte Shields, 550 S.W.2d 670, 674 (Tex.Cr.App.1977). Since the pronouncement of sentence in this case was untimely and premature, I would dismiss the appeal.