Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 24, 1959No. 30,762Published

1Opinion of the Court

DICE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered against the appellants in a bond forfeiture proceeding.

No briefs have been filed in this court by the appellants and it does not appear from the record that any were filed in the court below.

For such reason the state moves to dismiss the appeal.

It is the uniform holding of this court that in cases of this *239nature, briefs must be filed in the trial court and in this court, as in civil cases. Art. 866, V.A.C.C.P.; Rules 414 and 415, Vernon’s Ann. Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; Taylor v. State, 152 Texas Cr. Rep. 625, 216 S.W. 2d 206;…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  3. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  4. Searcy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951

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