Patterson v. State

CATES, Judge.

This appeal was submitted March 24, 1966.

Patterson stands convicted on a plea of guilty of forgery for which the trial judge sentenced him to four years imprisonment.

Judgment of conviction was entered October 28, 1965. No motion for new trial (or to vacate) was filed.

Thereafter, January 15-, 1966, Patterson, then in Kilby Prison, filed a notice of appeal to which he appended:

“Stay of execution of judgment — bail demanded pending appeal.”

Criminal appeals are mainly controlled by Code 1940, T. 15, § 368, which, in effect, provides for a stay of execution (i. e., suspension of…