Legal Opinion

Morton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 11, 1933No. 15493PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CALHOUN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment upon forfeiture of a bail bond.

The record fails to show that any briefs were filed by appellants in the trial court. We fail to find a waiver by the state of such filing. The motion is made^ by the state’s attorney before this court to dismiss the appeal because briefs in the case were not filed in the court below. It is the uniform holding of this court that in cases such as this briefs must be filed in the trial court and in this court in compliance with the law and rules governing civil cases, or a waiver of such filing must appear of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bratton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Johns, Shipman and Heydrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Rees v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  2. Smith v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
  3. Ivy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  4. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

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