Legal Opinion

Stokes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 11, 1949No. 24378Published

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The offense is theft; the penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

Notice of appeal herein appears only as a docket entry. This is insufficient; it must be entered of record, which means entered upon the minutes of the court. Art. 827, C. C. P.; Crozier v. State, 141 Tex. Cr. R. 407, 149 S. W. (2d) 108; Beasley v. State, 144 Tex. Cr. R. 366, 162 S. W. (2d) 968; Patton v. State, 203 S. W. (2d) 224.

The appeal is dismissed.

Opinion approved by the Court.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Crozier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  2. Patton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
  3. Beasley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942