Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A court of appeals decision reversing a judgment nunc pro tunc granting defendant an additional 271 days of back-time credit on his sentence for possession of methamphetamine is affirmed where the court of appeals had jurisdiction over the state's appeal, and it was error for the trial court to award back-time credit by judgment nunc pro tunc.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2007
• Published 11/21/2007

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James P. Pruitt, Rockwall, for Appellant., J. Landon K. Schmidt, Assistant District Atty., Kaufman, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.