Arocha v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years.

The state's attorney before this court moves to dismiss the appeal because no sufficient notice of appeal appears in the record. We find in the record the copy of a docket entry indicating that appellant gave notice of appeal. This is not sufficient. Thackerson v. State, 26 S.W.2d 241; Bryson v. State, 20 S.W.2d 1047. The sentence concludes with the statement that it was imposed subject to the action of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas. This is not sufficient to show that notice of…