Kuykendoll v. State

Citation305 S.W.2d 369,165 Tex.Crim. 164
Decision Date19 June 1956
Docket NumberNo. 29036,29036
PartiesMrs. C. J. KUYKENDOLL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Clay Coggins, Roby, for appellant.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

Upon a plea of guilty before the court, appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully transporting liquor in a dry area and her punishment was assessed at a fine of $300.

No statement of facts accompanies the record.

Appellant's sole contention is that the judgment is void because entered against a person unknown to the record.

Appellant's contention is based upon the fact that the name of the accused is alleged in the information as 'Mrs. C. J. Kuykendoll' whereas the name shown in the style of the cause in the judgment is 'Mrs. C. J. Kirykendall'.

Appellant, by failing to suggest her true name at the time she was called upon to plead to the information and at the time she entered her plea of guilty thereto, is in no position to urge a misnomer in the state's pleadings for the first time in her motion for new trial. Arts. 495 and 496, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Piland v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 47 S.W. 1007; Bargas v. State, 86 Tex.Cr.R. 217, 216 S.W. 172; Roberts v. State, 99 Tex.Cr.R. 492, 269 S.W. 103.

The judgment will be reformed to show that appellant's name is Mrs. C. J. Kuykendoll as alleged in the information.

As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.

Opinion approved by the Court.

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  • Bowden v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • March 3, 1982
    ...to plead to the indictment or information, see, e.g., Sinclair v. State, 34 Tex.Cr.R. 453, 30 S.W. 1070 (1895); Kuykendoll v. State, 165 Tex.Cr.R. 164, 305 S.W.2d 369 (1956); Harold v. State, 165 Tex.Cr.R. 78, 303 S.W.2d 794 (1957), although some cases referred to it being timely when the s......
  • Williams v. State, 29095
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • June 19, 1957

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