Opinion

Pierce v. State

  • 160 Tex. Crim. 646
  • 274 S.W.2d 408
  • 1954 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2057
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Dec 8, 1954
Status
Published
Author
Morrison
On the bench
Belcher, Morrison
Cited by
9 cases
Authority
More cited than 10.8%

The opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant for the first time on motion for rehearing raises the question of a variance between the information and the proof. The information' charged that the whisky was sold to one R. M. Barber, whereas the statement of facts shows the prosecuting witness to be named R. M. Barba. In Raven v. State, 149 Texas Cr. Rep. 294 , 193 S.W. 2d 527 , the contention was made that a variance existed when the indictment charged the injured party’s name to be Gale Zoder and the proof showed it to be Gale Zoda. In that case we set forth the idem sonans rule applied in this court and affirmed the conviction.

*649 In our original opinion we disposed of appellant’s formal bill of exception to the overruling of his motion for new trial alleging jury misconduct on the ground that the same was not supported by affidavit.

Appellant now calls our attention to the motion for new trial, appearing elsewhere in the transcript, which does contain the affidavit of the juror J. J. James. We note, however, that the motion recites that “the court having heard the said motion and the evidence thereon submitted is of the opinion that the same should be refused.” No statement of facts on the hearing on the motion for new trial accompanies the record; therefore, appellant has not perfected his bill of exception under Article 760e, V.A.C.C.P., and we are in no position to pass upon the same. For all this record reveals, all of the jurors might have testified that no misconduct occurred.

The original opinion is reformed, and the appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.

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