Crozier v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for receiving and concealing stolen property, the punishment assessed being fifteen days in jail.

The transcript shows, that there was a docket entry of the notice of appeal but nothing to indicate that it was ever carried into the court’s minutes. It has been held repeatedly and consistently that a docket entry does not comply with the requirement of Art. 827, C. C. P. See authorities cited under said article in Vernon’s Ann. Texas C. C. P., Vol. 3; Branch’s Ann. Texas P. C., p. 302, sec. 588; 4 Tex. Jur., secs. 77 and 78.

In the face of consistent…