POWELL v. STATE

No. 24891.

230 S.W.2d 218 (1950)

POWELL v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 24, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

None on appeal for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of burglary and was assessed a penalty of confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of eight years.

The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exception.

We note that the court, in sentencing the defendant, failed to make application of the indeterminate sentence law. Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 775. Therefore, the sentence will be reformed so as to direct...

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